'Elsewhere': Online Solo Exhibition with Limerick Museum, Limerick, October 2020

Poster design by Ciaran Nash

Elsewhere, my first online solo show was kindly hosted by Limerick Museum and funded by Limerick City and County Council. I would like to thank Dr Matthew Potter, Curator of Limerick Museum for providing me with the opportunity to exhibit my work in an exciting and friendly space, Maurice Quillinan for curating the show, Ciaran Nash for design of the poster and creation of the exhibition video and to the staff in the Art Office in Limerick City and County Council for their continued support. 

Home, acrylic on board, 30 x 25 cm, 2020

This exhibition is a continuation of a series based on my past experiences of landscape. There is reference to landscape but it is the emotional connection to landscape that is the point of inquiry. These paintings are imagined spaces based on memory. They are an intuitive response, giving an arena to explore and experiment. I work by building up delicate layers, using different techniques and weights of brushstroke, meeting with the painting as it changes. Landscapes become receptacles of us, they allow us the freedom to build our own internal landscape. An architectural response is beginning to emerge in some of the works; the spaces become rooms with discreet vistas emerging, solid spaces within the four lines of a rectangle.  

Silent Memory, acrylic on board,  30 x 40cms, 2020

Elsewhere, acrylic and oil on board, 60 x 81cms, 2020

Kindly supported by Limerick City and County Council