Lost in Meadow I think we need to remember goods and happiness of getting lost in nature. Lay down in meadow, watch passing clouds, listen to wind blowing and sniff flowers. With these textile pieces I have tried to hold all memories of joy being lost in the field. Forgetting time and enjoying surroundings, being free of time. Remembering to …

Artist Statement I am a Canadian visual artist and writer based in Bray (Ireland). I develop my work from charged responses to personal circumstances and my environment. I have an ongoing interest in the study of dreams and often use dream imagery and symbols related to my life and family history within both my visual and verbal repertoire. My visual …

Artists Statement I turn voices of poets into images. I use spectrograms and they represent the voice and its unique digital print. I then reimagine the spectrogram and turn the spectrograms into artworks. I call them “Voice Portraits” and they are the unique representation of the human voice. You can see the colors of each voice and listen with your …

Divine Cosmonauts A series of decorative miniature ceramic plates altered with impermanent marker, adding halos and space helmets. They are part of an ongoing project exploring the parallels and interplay between outer space and religious imagery. The project focuses in particular on animal astronauts that were sent into space, referencing the ceramic merchandise that was produced as part of the …

By the Seashore By the Seashore is the centre piece in this show. A bold unapologetic statement about plastic waste and its impact on marine life in our seas and oceans. “The old fishing nets and the dried-up seaweed was found on a beach during my first trip out post-lockdown. They have been shaped into one, you can’t untangle one …

Exploring the immensely rewarding relationship that is being a human lucky enough to live with cats in their life. A lifetime of bottled up cats and art flow out. A journey of love and loss, of joy and pain. In 2016 the celebrated feline The Bear died. Jo instinctively drew the small black sad cat in black biro in her …