Goodbye My Pretties…
This is just a very short post to show you two pieces I waved goodbye to this week. Both are off to enjoy life somewhere away from me and I wish them every happiness in their new homes 🙂
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Electric Picnic…My Top 10 Highlights
I think it is fair to say that Electric Picnic is my favourite weekend of the summer! It is sad when it arrives as it means summer is over but it is one hell of a way to say goodbye for another year. The music […]
10 Things I Learned at the VAI Get Together
The VAI are the representative body for professional artists in Ireland. You can read all about their work here.
Van Gogh…On the verge of insanity
Everybody seems to love Vincent Van Gogh. Last weekend I was lucky enough to get to Amsterdam for a few days and anyone I mentioned I was going too, made sure I had plans to go to the Van Gogh Museum.
From Sex & The City NYC to Rathmines
The first time I encountered performance art was in an episode of Sex & The City, when Carrie goes to Chelsea to see a woman not talking or eating for 16 days.
Running for sanity, not vanity!
I think we all have a little ‘friend’ who drives us demented with self doubt, confidence lows and general feelings of panic and this is my buddy….
The Orchid House
“With freedom, books, flowers and the moon, who could not be happy?” Oscar Wilde If you have taken a little look around my site you will know I love flowers. Of all things, including books and the moon I think they make me the happiest!
Piles of Tiles…
A few years ago, to celebrate my sisters 30th birthday, my mum, my sisters and I had a fantastic weekend in Lisbon. What a fab city!
Pipilotti Rist…Expect the unexpected
When I was researching my High Hopes series, I came across the work of Swiss born artist Pipilotti Rist. I love how she addresses topics but it was not until recently I saw her work in ‘real life’.
High Hopes…For Love
I’m not sure if it is cheating showing you older work, but I loved working on these pieces. The work was produced in 2014 and was designed to explore the relationship between the naivety of romance juxtaposed to the darkness and disappointments of failed relationships.
