About

Myself

As a young woman, art was what I lived for. I was always drawn to the light and emotion of Impressionism and Expressionism, and that love continues to shape everything I make today.

I studied art in Ireland in the 1990s at NCAD before moving to Barcelona, where I continued my studies at La Massana. Spain became home for fifteen years — years filled with colour, learning, and creative growth. When I returned to Kilkenny, my hometown, I founded The Blackbird Gallery, a space that quickly became known for showcasing the backbone of contemporary Irish visual art. During those years, I curated exhibitions in collaboration with IMMA and presented artists such as the late Patrick Scott, among many others.

Eventually, I stepped away from the commercial side of the art world to dedicate myself fully to my own artistic practice. Since then, I have been fortunate to have my work selected for the RHA and RUA on numerous occasions, and to have it included in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Haku Collection in Texas, and the Caixa Collection in Barcelona, as well as in many private international and national collections.

I now live in an old farmhouse beside the River Nore — a place of immense inspiration, steeped in Irishness, history, and quiet beauty. It’s here that my creativity flourishes.

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The Work

My work is rooted in observation, patience, and a deep respect for the passage of time. Guided by Wabi-sabi — the Japanese philosophy that finds beauty in imperfection, impermanence, and simplicity — I seek to capture the quiet dignity of the ordinary and the enduring traces of human presence in the landscape.

Much of my recent focus is on Ireland’s vernacular buildings — the small, often overlooked structures that once formed the pattern of rural life scattered across our countryside. Through photography, I aim to catalogue what remains of them, preserving a visual memory before they disappear entirely.

This process is both documentation and meditation: a way of honouring what has shaped us, while acknowledging the fragility of what endures. I believe that art can act as a record of place and time, keeping our shared culture visible, even as it fades from view.