Absence in the Landscape 1
mixed media on paper, 42 x 42cm, 2016
Absence in the Landscape 2
mixed media on paper, 42 x 42cm, 2016
Ballinskelligs Farmhouse
Acrylic and graphite on board, 37.5 x 37.5 cm 2005
Christie's Fields 1
Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm, 2017
Christie's Fields 2
Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm, 2017
Christie's Fields 3
Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm, 2017
Dwellings 1
Carborundum and drypoint, 19.5 x 24 cm, edition of 3. 2010
Dwellings 3
Carborundum and drypoint, 19.5 x 24 cm, edition of 3. 2010
Absence
The old field boundaries and tracks over the hills remind us of the uses to which this land was put in the past. Now the marks left by farmers long ago identify an absence more strongly than an always unoccupied landscape could. This sense of absence has informed my work.
Fields by the Forest
Acrylic on board, 40 x 46.5cm. 2010
Five Acre Field
Carborundum, drypoint and monotype, 25.5 x 25cm, edition of 3, 2012
Lakeside Farm
Carborundum, drypoint and monotype, 28 x 24cm, edition of 3, 2012
Sean's Fields
Carborundum, drypoint and monotype, 28 x 24cm, edition of 3, 2012
The Murphy House
Acrylic and charcoal on board, 40 x 40 cm 2009
Traces 1
Oil on paper 27.5 x 30 cm 2017
Traces 5
Oil on paper 26 x 33 cm 2017