Veins of Other is your first exhibition in Dublin for five years, central to which is the sculptural commission Tread.
Can you tell me about the background to this – of the grouping of 12, which is symbolic for you?
Several years ago I came across sheets of extraordinary handblown glass in a stain-glass supplier’s. They sat in my studio for years before I decided how to use them. The red flow of blood-like veins running through the clear glass is exquisite. I decided to set them over black and white photographs taken by my father. There are images of both my father and mother looking through a window and through binoculars … also diptychs of sea and sail rigging, the fastnet Lighthouse and Daunt Lightship.
You have a studio in Connemara and are continually inspired by the beauty of your surroundings and the natural world – how would you say your work has evolved in theme or subject matter? I don’t really have a routine – never exactly 9 to 5… I have a beautiful studio, designed by my architect friends McCullough Mulvin, where things get moved around and find each other … then new ideas emerge that need to be worked on.
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