Location. Moving to Clare in 2003 kickstarted my artistic journey and I haven’t looked back since.
I did have notions in my teens about going to art college but that didn’t transpire, instead I did a secretarial course at the local community college at home in Listowel, Co Kerry. I can honestly say I have done everything from waitressing to secretarial work. Prior to moving to Clare, I worked in customer service at Lidl Headquarters in Newbridge. You could say I did it the long way round.
In 2019 the talented artist Lorna Watkins from Sligo sent me a link about The Thomas Dammann Junior Memorial Trust Award. She knew I had an itch to go to Iceland and she said “why don’t you apply for this?”. I did and the next thing I was booking a flight and packing my bag to head north. I have always been drawn to Iceland, I cannot explain why exactly; maybe it’s in my DNA. Did you know that one third of all Icelanders have Irish ancestors? Maybe it was that.
It is wonderful to have been able to bring the work inspired by this trip to Claremorris Gallery in Mayo. To begin with, Rosemarie Noone, Director of Claremorris Gallery, knew exactly how to hang the work and, as she has been to Iceland herself, understood the work. I know when people think of Iceland they imagine snow and ice, however, it’s much more than that, and that forms the basis of this exhibition.
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