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On the dancefloor, you are an individual and part of a group that has convened for the purpose of joy. A temporary coming together but no less meaningful for that. A coming together sometimes fuelled by drugs or booze; but based on something which transcends them. Dancing speaks to a much deeper need for joy; […]
Here’s my notes form a Zoom artist’s talk given as part of The Model’s In Focus series of responses to the exhibition The Sea Around Us. The audio of the talk is here Since 2009 I have worked from life – first hand. This doesn’t sound too radical , but it is certainly unusual. Most […]
I am using the enforced separation from the two usual groups I work with, Sligo University Hospital and the Metal Mariners, to make some experimental sculpture and large scale drawings. Here’s a sample of the work I am doing…
Northern Soul. I have been obsessed with Northern Soul music, ever since I started to go out when I was growing up in the Midlands. I listen to it every day. I used to go to Northern nights a lot. I am going to start going again soon and hope to make some paintings about it. […]
Over the past few months I have been working on making a set of lithographs based on my drawings of The Metal Mariners boat building project in Sligo. The prints have been made from a selection of the hundreds of drawings I have made so far. They have been chosen to convey the energy and […]
Following on from the multiple Raft projects I undertook in 2015 and 2016, this week I will be teaming up with Hidehiko Ishibashi and Sarah Carne to develop a new body of work exploring more themes related to the idea of the Raft. We will be working at APT Gallery in Deptford London as part […]
Yesterday I took part in a panel discussion at the Hawkwell Theatre in Sligo, chaired by Geraldine Duignan with John Molyneaux and Nichola MacEvilly, discussing the legacy of John Berger. I read and thought about Berger’s work a lot in the run up to the event, so, in the Berger-esque spirit of sharing here are some of […]
The portraits are gathering pace and I have a few near completion, pictured here in the new studio at The Model in Sligo. In the coming months I am hoping to created a lot more images working collaboratively with the sitters to devise settings that have personal resonance. Coincidentally I have been reading John […]
I have amazing news, I have been awarded a grant to help develop my work by The Pollock Krasner Foundation. The Pollock Krasner Foundation is based in the New York and makes awards to artists internationally,”helping to stabilize and to strengthen the careers of artists, not to mention their personal lives as they do their […]
I have installed one of the largest of my plein air drawings at the Lakeland Forum in Enniskillen as part of the EVAO programme of exhibitions outside of gallery settings. The drawing is displayed on a card assemblage made to fit the space. The work will be in situ until the 15th of October. Also […]