Fire (2023)

oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth  

40 x 50cm        

Private collection, France

                                                                                                                              

Refuge (2023)

oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth  

40 x 50cm        

                                                                                                                                                

Carousel (2023)

oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth  

40 x 50cm        

    

Green (2023)

oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth  

40 x 50cm        

Private collection, Republic of Ireland 

                                                                                                                                                                

Boat house (2023)

oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth  

40 x 50cm        

                                                                                                                                                          

Dunkelbunt (2023)

(Title from the poem by Friedensreich Hundertwasser)

oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth  

40 x 50cm          

                                                                                                                                                  

Botanic (2023)

oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth  

40 x 50cm        

                                                                                                                                                      

Response (2023)

oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth  

40 x 50cm                                                                                                                                             

                                                                                                                                                                

 24th July - 2nd September 2023

Solo show exhibition at the Market Place Theatre Gallery, Armagh

Hell or high water II opened on the 24th July 2023 at the Market Place Theatre Gallery, Armagh as part of the John Hewitt International Summer School and continued until the 2nd of September 2023. As with the previous paintings in this series, the new work uses recycled coffee bean sacks as an oil paint surface and the paint is applied in raw gestures, the texture of the support forming an integral part of the painting surface. The title of the exhibition signifies perseverance and persistence in the face of challenges and the paintings touch on decolonial concerns such as the climate crisis, deforestation, the destruction of biodiversity, the historic displacement of people, and the legacy of racial and sectarian violence.