Think. Prepare. Turn up. Event. Outcome. Using art actions to disrupt the everyday Introduction: The title of my essay refers to the steps I follow to make a piece of live art.  I think about what I am going to do. I prepare and rehearse [...]

These cards were printed by the daughter of one of the ladies I visited for Eggs & Butter project research, Kay. She liked the drawing I did of her hens so they got it printed into cards for her. Im glad she got this extra [...]

It's been nearly a month since I posted here, and I can defend this lapse through what did happen while I did not post. I moved house, which was the usual relentless never-ending shifting of boxes and bags of stuff. And which took the best [...]

Seeing the work rolled out in a bigger space was a useful experience- as my studio, where its been so far, is like a dark, hoarders delight of a cave with piles of STUFF everybloodywhere. When making the work I was painting a bit of [...]

I drove to Finavarra, near Newquay, this morning to visit Annie Nolan, who runs a farm and a fruit and vegetable shop from the contents of her farm. She was the last person I wanted to visit before christmas, and I was supposed to go [...]

I went to visit Kay yesterday in Athlacca, Co Limerick. I had made contact with Kay through my mother-in-law who has proved a useful source of contacts to access women in rural settings. Kay lives in her family farm which is now run by her [...]