Artist Statement

I’m an Irish artist based in Australia, with a varied creative background. I graduated with a Bachelor of Design in Dublin before moving to Melbourne, where I later completed a Diploma in Photography followed by a Diploma in Screen and Media. These disciplines taught me to pay close attention to structure, definition, and precision.

Over the past few years, I’ve shifted my focus to the visual arts, developing a style of painting that’s centred around lettering, shapes, and symbols arranged in abstract configurations. Many of the works contain messages drawn from personal, social or political ideas, embedded within the compositions.

Precision has always been a part of my nature and is now integral to how I work. I’m drawn to clean, decisive lines and complex compositions that sit firmly within the realm of hard-edge abstraction. I tend to gravitate to dense patterns, and I love the energy that’s created when orderly shapes mingle with chaotic colour and rhythm.

I recently learned that I have ADHD, which brought both clarity and relief. It helped me understand why I've always felt pulled towards two seemingly opposite impulses, the need for order and an attraction to visual chaos. That contradiction has run throughout my work since I began painting. The discipline of graphic design, the observation required for photography, and the meandering trajectory of my overactive mind all bring something to the balance that I’m continually exploring in my practice.