Bernard is an Irish-born artist and composer who lives in the Sunshine Coast hinterland in Queensland. His painting journey started late with an out of the blue painting of his late father a week after the funeral. In the 20 years since, O'Scanaill has done eleven solo shows, six of them in Ireland.
O'Scanaill has tackled landscapes, portraits, flowers, musicians, mosaics, sculpture, still-life, horses and more recently, cows. His paintings hang in private collections all over the world.