My work emerges from unrehearsed, intuitive conversations between the physicality of  materials ,my hands and the conscious, but unintrusive mind, while in its flow state. They are all active agents in my creative process which is essentially a process of play. The ceramic medium most beautifully captures the energetic movement and fluidity of the engagement, which feels to me like an improvised dance which is a most joyful experience.

Having originally trained and worked as a production potter for the majority of my making career, my practice underwent a massive shift in recent years. Dealing with some physical constraints which affected my ability to sustain full time wheel production I decided to enroll and complete a Master of Arts through Research at TUS Limerick School of Art and Design. During this process I began to view clay as a painting medium and developed a method of building three dimensional paintings using hand dyed clay bodies and traditional hand building techniques. These expressive art pieces are akin to action or matter painting. Working with clay initially on a flat surface. I create marks and compositions, adding, layering and spreading the various coloured clay bodies together. These clay canvasses are then formed, sometimes torn apart and reassembled and built into three-dimensional works. I engage with a number of mediums, charcoal, graphite, acrylic and mono printing techniques which all feed and enrich the making process, forming a symbiotic relationship in this perpetual experimental process. I don’t aim to conclude or resolve anything , the outcomes are raw and visceral and in process , one leads to the next . This liberates me and the work from constraints and confinements.