Embroidery project. 2018 – present (ongoing). With this piece I’m aiming to embroider one of everything, which might take a while. The plan is to connect them all and interweave the loose threads at the back to show how everything is interconnected, even though we don’t always perceive it that way on the surface. More […]
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Small Things (misc)
Miniature sculptures in ordinary places, 2009 – 2011. My practice at the time centred on audience participation and contemporary cultural mindsets; I created mundane situations and injected them with flashes of light-hearted humour and diversion, focusing on ideas of play, imagination and exploration. More Installation More Art
Ballyfermot Mural Project
Art Workshop Designer & Facilitator. Ballyfermot/Chapelizod Partnership, Ballyfermot, Dublin 10. February – April 2013. I designed, facilitated and project managed a graffiti and mural workshop with adults from the local community which centred on public vs. personal perceptions of disability. I tailored each session and the general workshop direction to suit the needs, desires […]
A Terrible Hullabaloo
Short film produced by Bowsie Workshop as part of the Irish Film Board’s After ‘16 initiative, Dublin 8. September – October 2015. As Art Director I researched, designed and created a range of period 1:5 and 1:25 scale props and sets for this short film. More Film More Art
School Mural
50m x 2m school mural. Après School Club, Glasthule, Co. Dublin. August 2009. I designed and painted this mural on the entire perimeter of a school yard. It was comprised of a series of fantasy scenes, for the children to use as backdrops for games. More Painting More Art
I Dream of Distance
Oil on canvas board. For sale at the Botanic Gardens Christmas Market, Dublin. December 2018. More Painting More Art
Mosaic
Large mosaic with tiles, shells and found objects. Created in collaboration with artist Heather Gray. Connemara, 2018. This isn’t a painting, but I didn’t know where else to put it. Heather and I created this mosaic for a local artist, on the wall of a little workshop space in her garden. She had been dreaming […]
Painting Commissions
Oil on canvas board or stretched canvas, or watercolour and pen. 2009 – 2019. More Painting More Art
Dissolving Text
Interactive floor installation and three looped video pieces. This is not Therapy, IADT Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. May 2007. Videos exhibited at the RDS Student Art Awards Exhibition, Royal Dublin Society, Dublin 4 in August 2007. People look at things constantly; they quickly decode meaning, ponder about significance, and then move on. Time for appreciation of […]
Treasure Hunt
Live art hunt and mounted photographs. Exit, Pursued by a Bear, Broadstone Studios, Dublin 7. April 2009. With this piece the audience used the special maps on their exhibition invitations or flyers to locate the gallery. Along the way there are hidden scenes for the viewer to discover, turning this normally mundane task into an […]