Artist Statement

Born and raised in Ireland and currently living and working in Australia, my background spans a graphic design degree completed in Dublin, followed by a photography diploma in Melbourne. These disciplines taught me to pay close attention to structure, definition, and precision, and helped me appreciate how deliberate decisions can have more impact than decoration for its own sake.

Over the past few years, I’ve shifted my focus to the visual arts, where those foundations have evolved into a style of painting centred around lettering, shapes, and symbols arranged in abstract configurations. My work generally carries messages that are sometimes personal, sometimes social or political, and often responding to whatever feels important in the world around me.

Precision is a part of my nature, and has always been integral to how I work. I’m drawn to clean, decisive lines and tightly controlled compositions that sit firmly within the realm of hard-edge abstraction. I’m fascinated by dense patterns and the energy that arises when controlled structure meets chaotic colour and rhythm.

I have recently been diagnosed with ADHD, which is news that brought both clarity and relief. It helped me understand why I’ve always felt pulled toward two seemingly opposite impulses – the desire for order, and the attraction to visual chaos, and that duality has run throughout my work since I began painting. The discipline of graphic design, the observational skills learned through photography, and the meandering trajectory of my overactive mind, all bring something to the balance that I’m continually exploring on canvas.

If you would like to get in touch, please feel free to contact me via the ‘Contact’ page.

Slán :)