“Cross Currents” The Artnetdlr collaborative group exhibition is currently on exhibition in The Lexicon Gallery, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. I am delighted to finally reveal this work which I created with my collaborator, the Visual Artist Oonagh O’Toole. It was a wonderful to see our work now up on the walls of the lexicon gallery after all the work we did on this collaboration.
The work comprises three framed works for the exhibition ‘Crosscurrents’ These pieces feature Oil Painting and Gold Leaf on Crystacal R plaster botanical casts. Titled ‘Flowing Connections,’ I,II,III the artworks draw parallels between the remarkable journey of Irish native wild Salmon, which swim upstream against all odds to spawn, and the local riverbank’s plant life. As the salmon mates, dies, and deposits Atlantic Ocean nutrients into the Irish river’s rich ecosystem, it relies on insects thriving on specific native Irish wild plants like Rannunculus/Crowfoot. This symbiotic cycle of successful salmon spawning and thriving plant life, fuelled by light, is crucial for maintaining healthy local rivers into the future.
Thank you to our amazing curator Claire Halpin, Paula and all the team at ArtnetDLR and to DLR Arts Department for all their support.
I will be doing a demonstration on 28th September at 11am -12 ( free but booking required)
See below a separate workshop on botanical plaster casting on 12th October at 11-1pm (€12. For workshop)
Link to Event Brite to book to create your own Botanical Casting to take home
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