Ulysses and the deep feminine
I am fascinated with James Joyce’s Ulysses, and its focus on the body and the feminine aesthetic. It has become a very rich resource for understanding my journey through nature and art.
VISIT GALLERYEmbodiment
Embodiment is an exploration of cyclical themes around family life. It’s a study in charcoal with an emphasis on energetic dynamism and mark-making from observing movement.
VISIT GALLERY
The History House
Landscapes from the History House imagery drifts between reality and abstraction and is influenced by the Irish landscape and English seascape. Inspired by The History House, a book of poetry by Kieran Furey, which embraces the landscape that inspired me.
Further Down the Line
This work continues the exploration of the journey taken in Down the Line. It concentrates more on the paradox of our role as ‘Destroyer and Preserver’ of the archaeology of the Irish boglands and formal aspects of its flora’s colours and textures.
Down the Line
I grew up in the West of Ireland where stretches of tarmac road through the unspoilt boglands were referred to as ‘Line’. I returned to this ‘Line’ that I travelled in my childhood and used its meanings, metaphors, memories and its quiet beauty.
The Sewing Room
This work in this collection questions the role of women and painting within the history of fine art practice. Inspired by the unwritten and unacknowledged histories of women whose stories lie hidden behind the great paintings of the past.
Veils
We view history through particular windows of fact – some of which are clearer and more distinct and others less informed. They can be romanticised, like a dust of snow can change a landscape, or thin veils of fabric can be so seductive.
Scientific Prayer
This work was developed following a visit to Moscow in 1992. At the time the Human Genome Project was progressing in the West and a new and liberated Russia was rediscovering its religious heritage and opening its doors to worship.
