Dancing with the shadows of those I have been…

These paintings look inward. Some draw on my Irish childhood and the places that shaped me. Others return to my years in theatre, or to particular moments in later life. Together they trace different versions of myself across time.

Many began with direct experience — a role I played, a place I knew, a moment that stayed with me. Others emerged from memory, reflection, or the distance that comes with age. What connects them is a desire to understand how a life is formed, and how we continue to change.

These works are not a chronology. They are fragments from different stages of a life.

The sea, oh the sea…

Oil paint on canvas (Framed)

I Come From a Small Island

Oil paint and pigment on canvas

Banquo at the Stage Door

Oil paint on linen (Framed)

Playing Faust

Oil paint on canvas

Three Brushes (Small)

Oil paint on linen

Well  Oiled

Oil paint on canvas

The Morning After the Night Before

Oil paint and pigment on canvas

The Black Dog

Oil paint on canvas

20, 35 & 60+

Oil paint on canvas

Alone Again (Naturally)

Oil paint on linen (Framed)