Free Falling

Freedom - Fearless - Free Falling - Trust - Joyful - Process - Flexible

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.

“Sea People” is a series of paintings inspired by the tale of the lost village of Cill StúifÍn, 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)