From Medicine to Art: Anna McKeever on Leaving Psychiatry, Irish Identity & Children of Lir
In the first episode of Wasted Creatives, Michael Crilly sits down with Belfast-based
contemporary artist Anna McKeever to explore her journey from medicine and psychiatry
into life as a full-time artist.
Anna shares how painting was part of her life from childhood, why she first chose the more
traditional path of medicine, and how the pressure and burnout of the Covid years helped
push her back towards the creative life she had always been drawn to.
This conversation explores creativity, confidence, motherhood, Irish identity, emotional
connection, landscape, memory, and the deeper meaning…
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