Down the Line
In the West of Ireland where I grew up, stretches of tarmac road through the unspoilt boglands were referred to as ‘The Line’. I was inspired by this term as it implied the most basic of principles for starting an idea. I went back to the ‘The Line’ that I had travelled in my childhood and used its meanings, metaphors, memories of its journeys and quiet beauty. I began this creative journey in 2001, finding a language of expression that paralleled both my inspiration and my absence from this landscape.
Down the Line is a journey I recall again and again; its contents, lines and metaphors deeply etched in my own personal history.
Paintings from the Down the Line series were first exhibited in 2002 in Longford, Ireland, as part of the fifth ESB Lough Ree Environmental Arts Festival.
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Down the Line
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
Down the Line
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
Down the Line
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
Down the Line
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
Down the Line
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
Down the Line
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
Down the Line
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
Down the Line
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
Down the Line
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
Down the Line
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
Down the Line
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
Down the Line
oil on canvas
oil on canvas
Down the Line
oil on canvas
oil on canvas