Series Collections
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Faraway Gardens Series
This work is about the impossibility of translating the hauntingly beautiful poem Herbst (Autumn) by the poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926):
“Blätter fallen, fallen wie von weit,
Als welkten in den Himmeln ferne Gärten.
….
Und in den Nächten fällt die schwere Erde
Aus allen Sternen in die Einsamkeit.”
The sense of leaves falling from heavenly gardens faraway and at night the heavy earth falls into our loneliness were the impulse of this work of Faraway Gardens.
Pictured: “Rilke’s Faraway Gardens I”
Charcoal Series
This work explores the physicality of darkness and light as well as their metaphorical values in human experience. I play with line and surface, contemplating the relationship between the two and what each signifies: line with its temporal quality, and surface with its spatial quality, thus its sense of place.
Pictured: “Closing In”
Cill Rialaig Series
This body of work was created during and after a two-weeks artist’s residency in one of the Cill Rialaig artist’s cottages in county Kerry. We had a view of the vast Atlantic from the house, which self-catering and contained a studio at the back of the house. The stony steps, the ruins, the cerulean sky, the magenta hues of the sea with its silver horizon, the mauve bogs and sky-reflecting lakes inspired this work.
Pictured: “Nightly Meanderings”
Boats & Kites Series
In and out of Blues is about a journey of letting go. Moving through darkness and light in various shades of blue changes the person on this journey. This change is reflected in the paintings themselves: from being moody and ethereal they become more energetic and defined; during the dark hours the light, coming from beneath, is suffused, but as time passes the light becomes more prominent.
A quote from André Guide summarises well the intention of this work: One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
Pictured: “Boats & Kites VI”
Rockpools & Secret Creatures Series
In my work I am looking for the rare and precious, like secret treasures. I am trying to translate the feeling of otherworldliness into natural forms such as rockpools or fossils by using darkness and light to represent this process of quest and discovery. Lines are drawn into thick layers of bright paint and then gradually dark opaque and transparent colours are applied. These are then partially removed to emphasize certain marks and shapes.
I like to examine what lies beneath the surface beyond what is immediately visible. During the paint process I leave this world for a while and disappear to a place where shimmering things and strange creatures are able to surprise and enchant me.
Pictured: “Rockpool XX”
Hiding Places Series
There are very few sanctuaries of silence and solitude that protect us from unwanted loud voices and mental invasions around at. As children we were smart because we searched for those sanctuaries in the form of hiding places such as treehouses, dens, sheds and shaded garden corners.
In my work tried to capture the longing for such hiding places through the use of gaudy childhood colours combined with serious adult colours. Towers, tents, treehouses and ladders are only implied to reflect the fragmented childhood memories of secret and safe places.
Pictured: “Hiding Places IV”
Red Ponds Series
I often perceive the world more powerfully through its undercurrents than through its surfaces. Words like echoes or traces describe this perception and I have tried to translate these words into a visual language. The visible surface of a lake is reminiscent of the dividing membrane between the subconscious and the conscious, where fragments of dreams and memories surface whilst others remain buried.
A quote by Margaret Atwood in Cat’s Eye summarises the above succinctly: …. I began then to think of time as having a shape, something you could see, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another. You don’t look back along time but down through it, like water. Sometimes this comes to the surface, sometimes that… Nothing goes away.
Pictured: “Red Pond I”
Faraway Gardens Series
"Rilke’s Ferne Gärten" | Oil on Canvas | 100cm x 100cm | SOLD
"Rilke’s Faraway Gardens I" (framed) | Oil on Primed Paper | 53cm x 53cm (incl. frame) 32cm x 32cm (excl. frame) | SOLD
"Rilke’s Faraway Gardens II" (framed) | Oil on Primed Paper | 53cm x 53cm (incl. frame) 32cm x 32cm (excl. frame) | SOLD
"Rilke’s Faraway Gardens III" (framed) | Oil on Primed Paper | 53cm x 53cm (incl. frame) 32cm x 32cm (excl. frame) | SOLD
"Rilke’s Faraway Gardens IV" (framed) | Oil on Primed Paper | 53cm x 53cm (incl. frame) 32cm x 32cm (excl. frame)
"Rilke’s Faraway Gardens V" (framed) | Oil on Primed Paper | 53cm x 53cm (incl. frame) 32cm x 32cm (excl. frame) | SOLD
"Rilke’s Faraway Gardens VI" (framed) | Oil on Primed Paper | 53cm x 53cm (incl. frame) 32cm x 32cm (excl. frame)
Charcoal Series
"Closing In" | Charcoal on Paper | 90cm x 90cm
"Coming Through" | Charcoal on Paper | 70cm x 100cm | SOLD
"Three Wise Men" | Charcoal on Canvas | 200cm x 200cm
"Vanishing" (framed) | Charcoal on Paper | 30cm x 50cm (incl. frame) 20cm x 40cm (excl. frame) | SOLD
"Schattenseite" | Charcoal/Acrylics on Paper | 90cm x 90cm
"Veiled Thorns" | Mixed Media on Canvas | 300cm x 200cm
Cill Rialaig Series
"Enclosed" | Oil on Linen | 60cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Evening Walk I" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 60cm | SOLD
"Evening Walk II" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 60cm | SOLD
"Land Beyond Dreams" | Oil on Linen | 60cm x 80cm | SOLD
"Nightly Meanderings" | Oil on Linen | 50cm x 60cm | SOLD
"Stepping Boat" | Oil on Linen | 60cm x 80cm | SOLD
Boats & Kites Series
"Boats and Kites II" (framed) | Diptych | Oil on Canvas | 110cm x 180cm (incl. frame) 100cm x 160cm (excl. frame) | SOLD
"Boats and Kites III" | Oil on Canvas | 80cm x 80cm
"Boats and Kites IV" | Oil on Canvas | 80cm x 80cm | SOLD
"Boats and Kites V" | Oil on Canvas | 80cm x 80cm
"Boats and Kites VI" | Oil on Canvas | 80cm x 80cm | SOLD
"Flight" | Oil on Canvas | 100cm x 100cm
"Flight III" (framed) | Diptych | Oil on Canvas | 110cm x 180cm (incl. frame) 100cm x 160cm (excl. frame)
Rockpools & Secret Creatures Series
"Rockpool III" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Rockpool IV" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm
"Rockpool VI" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Rockpool VII" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Rockpool VIII" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Rockpool XI" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm
"Rockpool XVI" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Rockpool XVIII" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Rockpool XX" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Rockpool XXI" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Rockpool XXII" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Rockpool XXIII" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Rockpool XXIV" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Rockpool XXV" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Rockpool XXVIII" | Oil on Canvas | 20cm x 20cm
"Mermaids and Other Secret Creatures I" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Mermaids and Other Secret Creatures II" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Mermaids and Other Secret Creatures III" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40cm | SOLD
"Secret Creatures V" | Oil on Canvas | 50cm x 50cm
"Secret Creatures VI" | Oil on Canvas | 50cm x 50cm | SOLD
"Secret Creatures VII" | Oil on Canvas | 50cm x 50cm | SOLD
Hiding Places Series
"Desert Dwelling I" | Oil on Canvas | 70cm x 50cm | SOLD
"Desert Dwelling II" | Oil on Canvas | 70cm x 50cm | SOLD
"Fortress" | Oil on Canvas | 80cm x 80cm | SOLD
"Rapunzel" | Oil on Canvas | 50cm x 50cm | SOLD
"Sleeping on Stilts" | Oil on Canvas | 80cm x 80cm | SOLD
"Snowed In" | Trilogy | 60cm x 50cm (each painting) | Oil on Canvas | SOLD
"Wedding Tent I" | Oil on Canvas | 77cm x 102cm | SOLD
"Wedding Tent II" | Diptych | Oil on Canvas | 91cm x 123cm | SOLD
"Wedding Tent III" | Diptych | Oil on Canvas | 100cm x 60cm | SOLD
"Wedding Tent IV" | Oil on Canvas | 60cm x 60cm | SOLD
"Lilac Dreams" | Oil on Canvas | 80cm x 80cm | SOLD
"Rapunzel Won't Let Her Hair Down" | Oil on Canvas | 80cm x 80cm
"Hiding Places I" | Trilogy | Oil on Canvas | 60cm x 40cm (each painting) | SOLD
"Hiding Places II" | Oil on Canvas | 80cm x 80 cm | SOLD
"Hiding Places III" (1/3) | Trilogy | Oil on Canvas | 50cm x 40cm (each painting) | SOLD
"Hiding Places III" (2/3) | Trilogy | Oil on Canvas | 50cm x 40cm (each painting) | SOLD
"Hiding Places III" (3/3) | Trilogy | Oil on Canvas | 50cm x 40cm (each painting) | SOLD
"Hiding Places IV" | Oil on Canvas | 60cm x 60cm | SOLD
"Hiding Places V" | Oil on Canvas | 50cm x 60cm | SOLD
"Hiding Places VIII" | Oil on Canvas | 60cm x 50cm | SOLD
"Hiding Places IX" | Oil on Canvas | 60cm x 50cm | SOLD
"Hiding Places X" | Oil on Canvas | 60cm x 50cm | SOLD
"Hiding Places XI" | Oil on Canvas | 50cm x 70cm | SOLD
Red Ponds Series
"Red Pond I" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40 cm | SOLD
"Red Pond II" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40 cm | SOLD
"Red Pond III" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40 cm | SOLD
"Red Pond IV" | Oil on Canvas | 80cm x 80 cm | SOLD
"Red Pond V" | Oil on Canvas | 40cm x 40 cm | SOLD