Free Falling
A male figure falls through space, his seaweed hair raised behind him. Parts of his figure show the veins and connecting tendrils, echoing blood vessels. His body is free falling, trusting the space it moves through, he is without fear.
Vent
A man climbs a mountain. He turns to face the changing sky behind him, a strange glow where his left hand passes. The ground beneath him is dark and rough. His hair is kelp seaweed, displaying his determination to continue the struggle to keep going.
Watercolour on paper, Private Collection.
Courage
A female figure faces a blast of light coming from the top left corner of the painting. Seaweed is intertwined with her figure, recoiling from the blast of light. Her posture is open and welcoming of the rays of light. A huge transition is taking place, the dark receeding both literally and metaphorically.
Demon Badger
The Demon Badger stands atop a mound of bones. In the distance is Liscannor Bay and Mount Callan. The Broc Sidhe breathes flames out to the night sky.
Watercolour on Paper.
Exhibited at The Irish Arts Center in New York, 2018.
Sea Floor
‘Sea Floor’ expresses the time of grief, when one must turn to stillness and solitariness. And yet, within this time of sorrow there is still movement - as seen in the figure’s hair that is slowly and tentatively navigating the world around it again.
Healing through the slow, solitary moments that follow grief.
Conviction
‘Conviction’ features a determined woman moving through the ocean waters. Kelp seaweed is part of her figure, flowing from her as she glides towards her destination, unknown to us.
Image featured in the Irish Examiner Newspaper Profile section, 2023.
Exhibited in Dulaman na Farraige (2023), Clare County Museum.
Watercolour on Paper, Private Collection.
Bestower of Tales
The Bestower of Tales is based on an image of my grandmother. She was the holder of our family stories and passed on a love and appreciation for the land.
This watercolour shows her face as the edge of a cliff from the Cliffs of Moher, known as Hag’s Head. The Hag was a revered figure in ancient beliefs, thought he word has some derogatory associations.
The old woman is seen smiling toward a girl standing in a boat. The birds are the girls voice and potential, released into the world. Beneath the boat, unseen by the girl, is the older woman’s hand in the form of seaweed - a hidden support.
Kelp Child
Kelp Child depicts the face of a child looking directly at us, as her hair floats above and around her. Set underwater, her hair taken the form of Kelp seaweed…
Carrageen Dancer
Carrageen Dancer is part of a series exploring the joy of embracing emotions in the underwater world. Water is connected to the world of feelings. Here we see a figure fully embracing her joyful side, with purpose.
The figure glides. She is flowing with the current. Carrageen Moss, also known as Dulsk, gently enfolds her and flows from her. She carries a piece of the seaweed in her left hand. She is both carried by it, and carrying it - protected and protecting.