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| "My work is inspired by the natural world. Its beauty and its cruelty. Its hostility and its hospitality. Its paradoxes and its contrasts. When looking at nature, one can't help but see its destruction at the hands of humans. As an artist, I employ visual language to address these issues with the goal of awakening interest and inspiring my audience to action. Those who cannot be reached by depressing news about the dire state of our world may be reached by images of its beauty (Ansel Adams successfully showed this) and the threat imposed on it. Art has the power to make one see things in a new light. It allows us to develop a love for places and things that we would otherwise not have noticed, or thought of as ugly or boring. It helps us discover the beauty of the ocean floor, the dirt that is bog, the bark of a tree."
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 ART EDUCATION
Abitur (Major Art and English), 1988
Photography foundation, Scotland 1989
Distinction: Irish National Diploma in Fine Art, Painting and Printmaking
Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design, 1994
Printmaking workshop, Dublin 1995
Etching course, San Luis Obispo 2004
AWARDS
Honora Cummins trophy, IPS National Portraiture Award, B/W Photography 1992
Best Student Work Award '16"x12"' , Pantheon Gallery, Dublin 1993
Arts Council Material Grant 1994
Arts Council Artflight 1995
meeting with US president Bill Clinton to represent Irish Artists on his visit to Ireland in 1995
Artist Tax exemption status granted April-97
Arts Council Studio Rental Award 1997
COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS
BBC Northern Ireland
Barclays Bank Ireland
DeVere White, Auction House
Dun Laoghaire College of Art and Design
Arthouse Artifact, Curved Lane, Dublin 2
CD cover: Vince Mendoza & London Symphony Orchestra: Epiphany
Westin Hotel, Chicago
Coronado Beach Resort, San Diego
Book cover: John O'Donahue: Beauty (release date 2004)
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