Stray Sod

Charcoal and red chalk drawing of girl with magic lantern and red cloak

A Magic Lantern and A Red Cloak

oil painting of boy and woman sitting at table looking at a cosh weapon

The Cosh

Charcoal drawing on toned paper of a womans hand wearing a knuckleduster

Talisman I, the Knuckleduster

Chatelaine

collage and charcoal drawing of pairs of feet in shoes

Written in Ink and Bound in Skin I

Written in Ink and Bound in Skin II

Written in Ink and Bound in Skin III

long drawing in pen and chalk of buildings and people silhouettes

Shadow Substance

charcoal drawing on toned paper of man's hands holding bronze age clay bowl pygmy vessel

Talisman II, the Pygmy Vessel

painting with copper leaf of mountain and bog scene with bog bodies

The Weight of the Sky I

painting with copper leaf of bog scene with bog bodies

The Weight of the Sky II

painting with copper leaf of sunset bog scene with bog bodies

The Weight of the Sky III

charcoal drawing of scold's bridle, brank and tongue

Tongues Will Wag

This body of work was made between Feb- Aug 2019 while artist in residence in Armagh County Museum.

“The English “museum” comes from the Latin word, and….. is originally from the Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseion), which denotes a place or temple dedicated to the Muses (the patron divinities in Greek mythology of the arts), and hence a building set apart for study and the arts.” ( from Wikipedia)

I examined artefacts from the museum’s collection used in everyday life and expanded on their context and history. The resulting body of figurative drawings and paintings sets up resonances between emotion, history and materiality,

To experience an old worn environment from a new perspective transformed the everyday into the curious and wonderful. It allowed glimpses of the contours and layers of past and people and the ways in which we are connected to and shaped by it.

This Artist In Residence project was kindly supported by Armagh County Museum and the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

View a PDF of Catalogue here

View PDF of Exhibition Installed here. Installation Photography by Sean Barden, Curator, Armagh County Museum