History & Theory

A few months ago, David McDonnell, an A-Level student from Ballymena, got in contact with me asking for some feedback and information about my art practice. He discovered my artwork at the Ulster University Degree Show, where I exhibited my latest photography series ‘Unnoticed’ (which I will be uploading to my website soon). Throughout his final project, he produced an essay with an analysis and response to my artwork.

Masterpiece paintings, including two Rubens, from the Beit Collection are to be auctioned in London to raise funds for Russborough House, Co. Wicklow, Ireland – where the paintings are situated. You can sign a petition (which I did) to halt the sale of these paintings so that they remain where they are in Ireland.

Art has a transcending ability to connect and communicate with people. It forms a unique relationship between the artwork and the viewer, sometimes very articulated and other times strangely enigmatic.

This is a question which would struggle to produce a definitive answer. Not all art is liked, but because it contains such a wide variety, it means there is always an art form for everyone – that is the beauty of art. Whether we like it or not, we can’t deny its ability to provoke personal interpretations, opinions and feelings from us. Art feeds the senses.