I live in a little house
in rural Ireland where I have a
studio, a big vegetable
garden and wonderful neighbors.
These works are my response
to everyday life,
like pages of a diary,
trying to make sense of experiences
both collective and personal.
Responses - conscious and subconscious
to living and breathing
to wondering and wandering
to love and fear
and hope.
Immersed in a world where we
are inextricably
linked.
in rural Ireland where I have a
studio, a big vegetable
garden and wonderful neighbors.
These works are my response
to everyday life,
like pages of a diary,
trying to make sense of experiences
both collective and personal.
Responses - conscious and subconscious
to living and breathing
to wondering and wandering
to love and fear
and hope.
Immersed in a world where we
are inextricably
linked.
The process...
I often start my pieces with a background of colour, texture and/or pattern creating a backdrop onto which a story can unfold. Sifting through my collection of materials, hand printed papers, vintage books and publications, photos and ephemera, I pick and choose whatever speaks to me, laying these items out around me like a scrambled code or unmade puzzle.
Juxtaposing images and materials begin to reveal a narrative and the piece takes on a direction. I follow it, listen to it, respond and collaborate with it.
I hope these narratives, although personal in conception, speak to a wider audience about the things that make us human.
I often start my pieces with a background of colour, texture and/or pattern creating a backdrop onto which a story can unfold. Sifting through my collection of materials, hand printed papers, vintage books and publications, photos and ephemera, I pick and choose whatever speaks to me, laying these items out around me like a scrambled code or unmade puzzle.
Juxtaposing images and materials begin to reveal a narrative and the piece takes on a direction. I follow it, listen to it, respond and collaborate with it.
I hope these narratives, although personal in conception, speak to a wider audience about the things that make us human.