Attachment

Attachment - Vulnerability - Emotions - Inner Turmoil - Reflection

Attachment, Watercolour on Paper

’Attachment’ depicts a woman kneeling in an abstract, underwater world. Her hair is various shades of green, echoing the form of Kelp seaweed and the gravity of hair. This material is connected to her, expressing her vulnerability and raw emotional state.

‘Sea People’ is a series of watercolour paintings inspired by the tale of the lost village of Cill StuifÍn, imagining its vanished inhabitants. Seaweed plays a prominent role in my work, both for its environmental significance and its similarity to the way human hair moves underwater. In “Sea People” seaweed acts as a vessel for emotion, conveying what is internal and not always visible on the surface. 

Watercolour on paper.

Exhibited Clare County Museum (2023) and Culturlann Sweeney Kilkee (2025)