Industrial Graffiti & Rug Art
In my work I am exploring the intervention of utility mark making, their optical effects and their temporary, time-based applied textures, tones and colours. I document samples of observed industrial graffiti in the city, urban and suburban landscape; in particular the intervention on roads and pavements of utilitarian mark-making; industrial graffiti.
For this series, I have chosen the square format of presentation and through applying oils or acrylics or more recently working with wool rug-art, I abstract the textures and layers of perceived depth underlying the found utilitarian graphic / calligraphic mark-making interventions. Each work is augmented on the reverse with title and notation of the observed original location for the stimulus for the process, and with a set of Cartesian coordinates (latitude and longitude) by which the viewer can locate the observed original location should they wish to do so, for further investigation.
Rug Art
My venture into Rug Art is an extension of my “Industrial Graffiti” series on road markings into a tactile experience through textiles. Which presents an additional dichotomy and a paradox by representing hard horizontal surfaces in a soft, carved wool rug which in turn can be displayed on a vertical surface framed and hung as wall art or commissioned as Rug Art for a floor surface.
Images for a Rug Art commission can be chosen from any of my Paintings or from a portion of a painting and made to almost any size within reason. There is approximately an eight-week turnaround between ordering an agreed commissioned piece and completion, followed by delivery / shipping.
My rug pieces are made at Dixon Carpet Company, Oughterard, County Galway.
The Collection
5K
Location: Seapoint Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin
53° 17’ 55.27” N, 6° 10’ 12.86” W, Elev 18 Meters
Acrylic on 80 cm X 80 cm canvas, framed
€1200
Available
AK 6
Location: Seapoint Avenue corner of Brighton Vale, Blackrock
53° 17’ 50.38” N, 6° 09’ 37.44” W, Elev 10M
Oil on 80 cm X 80 cm canvas, framed
€1200
Available
Eircom / Water
Location: Stillorgan Park Road, Blackrock
53°17’ 24.83” N, 6° 11’ 33.65” W, Elev 43 Meters
Oil on 80 X 80 cm canvas, framed
€1200
Available
High voltage
Location: Bentley Villas, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
53° 17’ 42.75” N, 6° 08’ 25.08” W, Elev 14M
Acrylic on 40cm X 40cm canvas, framed
€400
Available
No Connection
Location: Frederick Street, Dublin
53° 20’ 30.33” N, 6° 15’ 23.95” W, Elev 8M
Oil on 80 cm X 80 cm canvas, framed
€1200
Available
Yellow Corner
Location: Georges Ave, Blackrock, opposite No 5
53° 18’ 05.71” N, 6° 10’ 42.93” W, Elev 16 Meters
Oil on 80 cm X 80 cm canvas, framed
€1200
Available
This is not a bicycle
(Homage to René Magritte)
Location: Promenade, Bray, Co. Wicklow
53º 12’ 21.46” N, 6º 05’ 29.19” W, Elev 3 Meters
Acrylic on 40cm X 40cm canvas, framed
€400
Available
High voltage
Contoured Rug
Location: Seapoint Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
53° 17’ 52.70” N, 6° 09’ 43.34” W, Elev 10M
Rug, carved, 60 X 60 cm (2’ X 2’) Framed
€600
Available
Heads I win, Tails you lose!
Location: Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
53° 17’ 25.93” N, 6° 10’ 49.55” W, Elev 30M
Diptych Acrylic on canvas, 20 X 40 cm, Framed
€300
Available
Are we nearly there!
Location: Bohermeen, Co. Meath.
53° 39’ 21.51” N, 6° 47’ 22.35” W, Elev 75M
Acrylic on 40cm X 40cm canvas, framed
€400
Available
Red Star High voltage
Location: Seapoint Avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.
53° 17’ 52.70” N, 6° 09’ 43.34” W, Elev 10M
Oil on 80 cm X 80 cm canvas, Framed
€1200
Available
Gas, Water, Hands
Location: Main Street, Blackrock, Co Dublin
53° 18’ 02.34” N, 6° 10’ 33.81” W, Elev 14 Meters
Acrylic on canvas 300 X 300mm (11.75” X 11.75”)
€350
Available
Collaborative Projects
Clocking 90 on the road to ...
is a collaborative project with writer/novelist Leo Cullen; visit the website here.
We collaborated in addressing the theme “Hinterland” set by the Artists Network Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown artnetdlr.ie for the membership’s collaborative biennale in 2019.
In my role as Scenographer, I designed the performance space for Leo’s novel “Clocking 90 on the road to Cloughjordan” we adapted the title of the production to: “Clocking 90 on the road to … “, so that as a traveling production with a projection system, it could project scenic images that would reflect the hinterland of the townland being visited by the production. The hinterland in this case being Loughlinstown in County Dublin.
From Page to Stage
is a collaborative project with writer/Director Amy Fox. Visit the website here.
We collaborated in addressing the theme “Interaction” set by the Artists Network Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown artnetdlr.ie for the membership’s collaborative biennale in 2016. In my role as Scenographer, I designed the performance space for Amy’s play “This is for Everyone” as a traveling production with scenic elements that were adaptable to addressing the dramatic moments and moods of the play and afforded flexibility in meeting the setting requirements of varying performance spaces.
Winter Oak
is a collaborative project with renowned Photographer Linda Plunkett. Visit the website here.
We are addressing the theme “Metamorphosis” set by the Artist Network Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown www.artnetdlr.ie for the membership’s 2021 collaborative biennale. We chose to explore trees, wood, change, wood pulp, paper, ancient papermaking, woodcraft, image making and presentation through the practice of Japanese Shoji practice. We agreed on a three dimensional form of Shoji style hanging frame for the presentation and embodiment of Linda’s stunning late Winter/early Spring image of a native Irish Oak tree. I designed the frame and it was crafted in Oak by joiner/cabinetmaker Liam McEvoy.
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Dialogue (collaborative piece)
Artists: Patrick Molloy, Denis Mortell. Visit the website here.
This response to the theme of Crosscurrents is a conversation between painting and photography. Beginning with a photographic base image that comprises mirror-image seascapes, the over-painting interrogates this harmony introducing elements of dissonance, randomness and chance, in addition to introducing abstraction into an otherwise figurative scene.
Medium: Acrylic on pigment ink on Hahnemuehle
Photo Rag Paper
Dimensions: Image size 60 x 60cms, Frame 72cm X 72cm
€850
Available
Sold artworks
Yellow Triangle
Location: Temple Road, Blackrock, Co Dublin
53° 17’ 59.81” N, 6° 10’ 31.85” W, Elev 1 Meters
Oil on 40 cm X 40 cm canvas, framed
€400
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5K white
Location: Seapoint Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
53° 17’ 55.27” N, 6° 10’ 12.86” W, Elev 18 Meters
Oil on 40 cm X 40 cm canvas, framed
€400
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ST4
Location: Sydney Parade, Dublin 4, Ireland
53°19’ 19.50” N, 6° 12’ 33.77” W, Elev 6 Meters
Oil on 40 X 40 cm canvas, framed
€400
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Triangle 010
Location:Temple Road, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
53° 17’ 56.86” N, 6° 10’ 25.40” W, Elev 16M
Oil on 40cm X 40cm canvas, framed
€400
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Platform 4
Location: Salthill Station, Monkstown, Dublin
53° 17’ 43.54” N, 6° 9’ 8.58” W, Elev 5M
Oil on 40 cm X 40 cm canvas, framed
€400
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Connected
Location: Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin
53° 20’ 30.21” N, 6° 15’ 23.83” W, Elev 8 Meters
Oil on 40 cm X 40 cm canvas, framed
€400
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Blue & Yellow
Location: Seapoint Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin,
53º 17’ 42.92” N, 6º 9’ 18.24” W, Elev 10 Meters
Oil on 40 cm X 40 cm canvas, framed
€400
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Caution Water
Location: Carysfort Cloisters, Blackrock
53° 17’ 30.61” N, 6° 1’ 02.51” W, Elev 31M
Oil on 40 cm X 40 cm canvas, Framed
€400
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Double Yellow!
Location: Seapoint Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.
53° 17’ 55.27” N, 6° 10’ 12.86” W, Elev 18M
Acrylic on 20 X 20 cm, canvas, Framed
€200
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Look Left!
Location: Grafton Street, Dublin City,
53° 17’ 25.71” N, 6° 15’ 34.11” W, Elev 8M
Acrylic on 20 X 20 cm, canvas, Framed
€200
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Blue Star
Location: Seapoint Avenue, Blackrock, Co Dublin
53° 17’ 52.63” N, 6° 09’ 43.23” W, Elev 11 Meters
Acrylic on canvas 80 cm X 80 cm Framed
€800
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On Yer Bike.
Location: Idrone Terrace, Blackrock, Co Dublin
53° 17’ 52.63” N, 6° 09’ 43.23” W, Elev 11 Meters
Acrylic on canvas 80 cm X 80 cm Framed
€800
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