Tide (2019)
oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth
40 x 50cm
Private collection, Republic of Ireland
Rebirth (2019)
oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth
40 x 50cm
Private collection, U.K.
Dream (2019)
oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth
40 x 50cm
Private collection, U.K.
Roseau (2019)
oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth
40 x 50cm
Private collection, U.K.
Emergency (2019)
oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth
40 x 50cm
Private collection, U.K.
Woodpecker (2019)
oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth
40 x 50cm
Anole (2019)
oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth
40 x 50cm
Havana (2019)
oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth
40 x 50cm
Private collection, U.K.
Europa I (2019)
oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth
20 x 25cm
Europa II (2020)
oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth
35 x 28cm
Belfast (2020)
oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth
30 x 24cm
Carnaval (2021)
oil on recycled coffee bean sackcloth
40 x 50cm
Private collection, France
Exhibited at Belfast School of Art Degree Show from 7th June - 14th June 2019
Hell or high water is a series of oil on sackcloth paintings begun in 2019 reflecting on the upheaval caused by the climate crisis as well as depicting coloniality in both Northern Ireland and the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe.
The first paintings of this series (2019-2022) were based on Caribbean motifs as well as motifs in the north of Ireland.
Paintings from Hell or high water part I were also exhibited at Stendhal Festival and ArtisAnn Gallery, Belfast in 2019, at QSS Gallery in 2020 and at Catalyst Arts in 2024.