Im having one of those weeks- when I find myself just treading water, managing to manage, keeping a rational thought path as my dominant path and trying, trying not to step out onto all those little paths leading off the main path, anxiety, worry, panicky feelings, despair, self disgust, inertia, not good enoughness, general bleakness. I could list all the particular things I am currently [...]

You know when you find yourself waiting for something? Like for a phonecall or an email you really want to get. Or a letter you are hoping will arrive. And you find yourself thinking about this a LOT, and almost starting to shape your thoughts around the outcome. Letting your destiny lay in someone elses hands. (that sounds very life coach-y) the word destiny is [...]

I had a realization this morning driving into Glór. I was in the car and I saw a group of school kids in a procession along the pavement, off out with their teacher somewhere. They looked to be about 7/8 years old. Bringing up the line, at the back, was a little girl in a wheelchair, being pushed along by a lady, probably her SNA. [...]

So I did the night crawl through Ennis town on Saturday night. I know I am going to struggle with how to describe the experience as it was a strange and surreal one. Describe the event on a practical level: See below for the map of the route I took. Its exactly .5k, and takes not even 5 minutes to walk. First mistake was thinking [...]

I am planning to do a durational performance this weekend, Saturday night, here in Ennis Co Clare. Why crawl? See pic above, and also: I’m interested in the juxtaposition of the functionality of crawling- as opposed to the emotive response people might have towards seeing someone. A baby crawling = delight A drunk person crawling = disgust A disabled person crawling, like my child, who [...]

Last Thursday night I performed with a Limerick based collective of artists at their 4rth Live art event, called Collective Evil IV. I had had a normal thursday with the usual schedule, so by the time I got into the car to leg it up to Limerick I was tired and a bit nervous. But I didn't have time to stress as I was late [...]

Sat here in the kitchen trying to do some administrative work that has been hanging over me for the weekend. I'm not getting very far with it but then again the weekly shopping is done, I've made dinner and cleaned up, made the school lunches, the kids are bathed, uniforms have been located and music practice is done so I've not exactly been dossing or [...]

Three Hellish Furies I brought my 1948 copy of the Divine Comedy with me to the studio this morning. It’s very precious to me. I love books anyway and collect them as objects as well as to read. This has illustrations by Gustav Doré an illustrator whose skill, gothic gloom and drama has always affected me. I am going to pick out some of my [...]

My latex draped over a chair in glór studio I only got this far with my week 3 task from my course- I brought in this material which has a lot of resonance for me- and only got as far as draping it over a chair and looking at it..

Showing Up. Why I am here. My situation is: I changed careers from fitness (14 years working in fitness industry) to art. I moved from Cork where I worked as a personal trainer and fitness instructor, to Ennis, Co Clare, where I had no job. Did this exactly 3 years ago. I started my MA in Fine Art with OCA, UK in September 2016 and [...]