work
portraits
[2020 to present]
“Wonderfully vigorous painting of thoughtful Clive. The colours are rich and gorgeous and the juicy brushmarks conjure up that three dimensional volume of Clive’s face in a really magical abstract way.
My sort of painting!”
‘portrait of a patient’
[2018] - ⭐️Awarded the Trinity Provost Visual & Performing Arts Award
My response to living with inflammatory bowel disease. Each painting is accompanied by a poem. Each piece below is 1.2 metres high and the four pieces hung for a year in the Trinity Health Sciences building on the St. James campus. Some of the lecturers at Trinity Centre for Health Sciences used the artwork as a teaching aid to create greater awareness around the position of the patient and chronic illness. A number of lecturers asked if they could include the imagery and words in their lectures.
I was subsequently approached to be a guest speaker and present the project at the annual open day for the Irish Society for Crohns & Colitis in 2018 at The Gibson Hotel in Dublin. I was also interviewed as part of a four-part radio documentary ‘IBD & I’ on iRadio with Michaela Hayes.
landscape
[2016 to present]
Born and raised in Ireland, the weather is a source of constant confusion for me. I’m sure many will relate.
Being outdoors is not my preference, as I experience sensory overload. This makes painting en plein air unsuitable.
And so, I endeavour to channel that ‘sense of place’ later on, in the comfort of my studio.
