A collection of my work with a story behind each piece. Some of these pieces are currently for sale.
Forgetting How Ugly You Are
I spent a few days working on this one a few Summers ago. I started by painting the canvas completely black before layering on light blue and orange. From there I piled on verious colours in an eclectic bunch of brush strokes.
The name ‘Forgetting How Ugly You Are‘ comes from the thought that we, as people, are all beautiful and ugly at the same time. There’s no way of existing true to ourselves without both the beauty and the ugliness. While that may be the reality of life and the world around us, sometimes it’s alright to ignore the ugly side of reality and just embrace beauty for what it is.
The messy jumbling of colours represents the nature of beauty being hidden everywhere in ways we may not expect.
An Important Reminder
A cartoon I did some time ago. The personified heart has been through a lot of hardship and pain over it’s lifetime. It’s reminding it’s owner again to remember to listen to it to avoid pain in future.
Letter to Vincent
This is one of my personal favourite works I’ve done. Inspired by my favourite painting from my favourite artist, ‘Letter to Vincent‘ is inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night. I love how Van Gogh represented beauty in his madness.
A sunset over the sea in unconventional colours, the stars in the sky and reflecting in the sea are of a similar style to the afforementioned painting.
The stars are chaotic in nature and the colours make no sense.
Featured in an exhibition: Signal Arts Open Exhibition 2023
For Sale: €200
Strange Face
A drawing from a little while back. Strange Faces is a theme in a lot of my work.
If we could see everyone’s true face, we would be surrounded by strange faces.
TerrorEyezed
A painting that represents mental illness.
The words linger all around as the eyes scream. The painting is meant to be jarring and uncomfortable to look at.
Betty and the Blossoms
A wholesome painting.
Beth was my family dog. She joined my family in 2008 and she lived a good life until 2023. She was often known as Betty or Betty Spaghetti. Outside of my family home there was a big cherry blossom tree that would bloom every spring. Pink pedals flooded the front garden. Beth would always find a way to get a few pedals stuck on her fur on walks.
Good Morning
You’ll know from my cartoons, coffee (and not talking to someone until they’ve had there’s) is a theme. In truth the mornings always see me head in chaos trying to figure out the previous sleeps dreams.
Fade into my Soul
A very gentle watercolour painting with dancing brush strokes and a short poem of just two lines.
For Sale: €100
Broken Glass Eyes
A drawing of two eyes on a face, both of which are shattered as if made from glass. Eyes are a theme in my work as they carry mystery and clarity at the same time.
Dancing With Demons
An acrylic work with bold figures.
We all have demons, and in this painting the two characters are learning to dance with theirs, accepting that the demons may never go away and will need to be lived with.
For Sale: €100
You Briefly Made Me Hate Love Songs
A mixed piece about unrequited love. I layered on colour over a number of months. Grief and heartbreak are experiences that simply have to be lived true, with time being the only cure. At some point you manage to finally see through the clouds and life goes on.
Featured in Exhibition: Signal Arts Members Exhibition 2024
For Sale: €175
My Eyes Have Seen You
Inspired by the song I Looked at You by the Doors, a band I often listen to while painting. I love purple and was spreading purple lines on yellow when the song came on, suddenly all I could think about was eyes staring back at me.
Featured in Exhibition: Signal Arts Centre Open Exhibition 2024
For Sale: €175
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