‘PORMONA GODESS’ 1989 1.5 x 1.4 x .4 Red Cedar, Pine, Steel The Red Cedar was acquired from Queensland State Forest, the 600 year old tree was illegally cut down, the criminals were apprehended, State Forest auctioned the wood. Pormona Godess is a tribute to what was the ‘mother tree’.
Worm 1988 Fibre cement/ Granite rock. 6m x 70 x 70 Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. The sculpture was to commemorate the closure of the Avoca copper mine, decades of tunneling before open cast mining shows worm-like features. In Ireland older abandoned houses, have a flagstone placed over the chimney, to prevent rain from entering the …
‘WITH THANKS TO A RAHEEN’ 1988 Steel, wood. Tigroney, Avoca, Co. Wicklow, Co.Wicklow, Ireland. A ‘Raheen’ is a ‘fairy fort’ a place of superstition associated with bad luck to enter. The solitary Oak tree had its branches lopped, the piece is in reference to ‘bad luck’.
‘GALLOPY’ 1984 3.2 x 1.8 x 1.9 Steel, Rubber. The sculpture was a gift to the children of Oliver Bond St, Dublin. The NCAD college was constructed on the old Powers Distillery site, residents of Oliver Bond flats had a ‘right of way’ through the distillery to the markets on Thomas St. this ‘right of …
Ceramics 1982 32x22x10 The piece was molded on the human from a knee/arms section, raku fired.