This body of work looks at combining the city as a cramped and inconsistent place with the countryside as an open and free space. It asks: What will happen to the culture of the rural countryside when the urban city takes over?
The relationship between the city and the country is a love/hate one. This conflict is captured in my work. Through photography, drawing, and screen-printing, cityscapes and juxtapositions that illustrate the impact of urban construction in rural spaces are created.
These images are created by incorporating a layering process into the screen-prints, making a series of seamless cityscapes. They are contrasted with panoramic photographs of the landscape from my homeplace in rural County Galway.
Silicon Docks I
Silicon Docks II
Silicon Docks III
The Spaceless City
Boglands I
Boglands II
Boglands III
Research
Juxtaposition Via Landscape
Bernard Shaw Bog
City Expansion
Teaching Placements
Presentation Community College, Terenure, Dublin 6W
Mercy Secondary School, Inchicore, Dublin 8
Drimnagh Castle Secondary School, Drimnagh, Dublin 12