As the saying goes, energy never gets lost just redirected. During the roller-coaster of assessment deadline and results I distracted myself looking at art. Bernard Gaul is a friend and fellow artist. His show 'Stocktake' was a synopsis of work over a 10...
After the work submission deadline and the physical submission of the 'box' I was catching up on life things. I also got to meet Bob which was a highlight. Year 1 submission May and June tend to be rather hectic, looming work deadlines, bank holidays and...
2019 The Mapping the territory project began my close investigation of my practice as it stands now. I have been working for the last 11 years as a self employed artist and creating the physical map laid out the various aspects that my practice has...
The cape construction began on Making day in April. The geometric machine stitching was inspired by the shape Metatron's Cube, containing all the platonic solids. Each circular, colour coded area on the cape is inspired by pattern found in other natural forms and relates to...
Outcome 3.1 WIP Painting after second layer of acrylic 28th April Outcome 3 The painting is not complete but my questions are: Which format best conveys the intention of the subject matter. Does the photo create doubt? Like it was a chance out-take. How does...
I came across this exhibition in The Butler Gallery, Kilkenny. Originally from El Paso Texas, Reveles lives and works in Wicklow Ireland. The intricacy and detail of his painting and drawings is inspired by the landscape and ideas about infinity, as seen in different...
Every Thursday for the last 6 weeks I have been an artist in residence at the Drogheda Homeless Shelter for men. As a group we were tasked to co-ordinate a number of artworks to 'improve' the environment and to take any willing participants on the...
Intersecting machine stitched lines on the cape This piece began on making day. An exercise on form, structure, thread drawing all related to coat and pertaining to ritual and the space it occupies in practice. The geometric lines are machined, ordered and laid out, though the hand...
As it is so aptly described by Eknath Easwara** I'll start here, "Ritual is the attempt, usually a group attempt, to control power, and sacrifice in particular is the control of that most imposing power which is the life-force. Now interiorization does not...
Cut 1 - 44 words and explanations In a blog post from January 10th I featured 44 monoprints with titles relating to echoes from inside the labyrinth. [There is a love of words within your journal, especially January 10th, could these actually start to infiltrate...