I hung out with this painting for a long time. It was worked on in three different studios as the world around it went into a spin. I started it in Berlin in 2019, later bringing it to a religious sculptors studio in Ireland. Then Covid chased us to a shed at the bottom of a tiny garden, where I finished it in May 2021. It's a painting about movement, pace, action, and contemplation. The title speaks volumes about the movement of mankind from …
Acrobats and Flowers, one of the large oil on canvases in my upcoming show at John Martin Gallery in London, is in the Financial Times Weekend Edition today! You can find it flicking through the How To Spend It magazine.
I was due to show work I have created throughout 2020 in a new solo exhibition at the John Martin Gallery in London. With the recent tightening of lockdown restrictions in England, the show has been postponed. The gallery is still operating online, and you can find the most up to date information on their website or by subscribing to their newsletter. I am heading back to the studio. If you are interested in a behind-the-scenes look at my studio and creative process, check back here in a few days. I am starting a studio vlog, and the first episode should be up then.
I’ve wanted to work on etchings for a while so when I got the chance of making some with the help of an excellent printmaker at The Cork Printmakers I jumped on it. Later that that year I brought the etchings to Italy to paint into them. On the way to Italy the gods saw fit to give me a good dose of food poisoning…
I am excited to share the invites and catalogue for my new solo exhibition
GO GO PITCH-BLACK NIGHT! opening at
John Martin Gallery, London 7th June 2018
