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.

“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.