{"id":11761,"date":"2017-11-06T19:44:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T19:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.equestrianartists.co.uk\/?p=11761"},"modified":"2017-11-06T19:44:16","modified_gmt":"2017-11-06T19:44:16","slug":"buying-in-to-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/equestrianartists.co.uk\/index.php\/buying-in-to-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile: buying in to art"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jacqueline O\u2019Donovan is managing director of O\u2019Donovan Waste Disposal and a lover of art \u2013 equestrian art in particular.<\/h5>\n

Family owned and run O\u2019Donovan Waste Disposal is one of London\u2019s leading independent waste management companies. How do the two environments of equestrian art and waste disposal combine in the world of Jacqueline O\u2019Donovan?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The answer to that first question, it seems, is quite straightforward: \u201cThey don\u2019t!\u201d Jacqueline grins.<\/p>\n

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Jacqueline O\u2019Donovan \u2013 managing director of O\u2019Donovan Waste Disposal.<\/p><\/div>\n

An interest in art was first sparked in Jacqueline in her studies when at school; she was influenced by art, painting and pottery in particular. Following the early and unexpected death of her father when she was age just 17 she, and her three older siblings, were left with the task of running the family business that her father had founded in 1959.<\/p>\n

Within two years of her father\u2019s death Jacqueline was MD of the firm with a turnover of \u00a3175,000. By 2016 she and her family had overseen a growth to \u00a319m turnover and a workforce expanded to 160 people.<\/p>\n

Clearly, achieving that level of progress takes a huge amount of ambition and focus, which leaves very little time for anything else \u2013 so how does Jacqueline find the art that she buys?<\/p>\n

\u201cA friend\u2019s husband is also interested in art and she shares details of any up and coming auctions with me. However I don\u2019t always get time to attend. I do get invited to quite a few previews and Private Views as well and go to as many as I can. That\u2019s where a piece of work, or pieces, will catch my eye.<\/p>\n

\u201cI love a painting, in particular abstract \u2013 not defined. Ones where you can conclude the story that it\u2019s portraying attract me, or ones that take you in particular directions so that your mind gets lost within it. This is what draws me to equestrian art as well. I love horseracing and horses so to see them in a painting brings the race and the racehorses to life. But nothing I buy is purchased with financial investment in mind \u2013 it\u2019s pure passion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacqueline explains that she doesn\u2019t follow specific artists so the background of a painter doesn\u2019t knowingly influence her choices. Although on reflection she notes that she does have two pieces each from two equestrian artists.<\/p>\n

\u201cI put as much of the art that I buy up at home as possible so that I can appreciate it. I do also like to have a few around my office. Never once have I lost interest in a piece I have bought.\u201d Jacqueline concludes: \u201cWhen I buy art, it is for life!\u201d<\/p>\n