Art Projects

The Duffle Coat Oil The Duffle Coat often worn by Heaney And pictured on the cover of selected poems Hangs like his spirit pervading the Heaney Homeplace, Centre Bellaghy . Seamus Heaney Oil ‘He has mown himself to the centre of the field And stands in a final perfect ring Of sunlit stubble.’ Man and Boy, From Seeing Things, p.337. Seamus Heaney, Opened Ground 1966-1996 The Last Mummer Oi...

Title:  Unlocking: Yard Side/Garden Side By Raymond Watson ‘hearing is another way of seeing’ Raymond Watson is a visual artist. The sound recorded on this LP was created with items from The Crumlin Road Prison Belfast and memories that still echo in the enclosed confines of my head.  ‘The Crum’ as it is known, was the Belfast prison where prisoners involved in the political con...

The Mystery of Broighter The Mystery of Broighter was a recent exhibition that I presented in a number of galleries. The Roe Valley Arts Centre, as part of the Derry City of Culture year. The exhibition then travelled to the Sean Holywood Gallery, Newry, The Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast and the Signal Arts Centre, Bray, Co Wicklow. This exhibition featured important new works exploring t...

The Shot Lock began as a series of work that explored aspects of the many forms of cultural and political imprisonment. Many of the images were inspired by the story of Long Kesh or the Maze Prison.  This work plays with light and colour to capture the sense of history and memory and the transformation of the empty site.  Importantly this body of work uses the idea of prison as a metaphor for ...

Background Flag flying in many parts of the world can be a contentious issue.  In Northern Ireland flag flying is particularly sensitive and is a source of strong community division.  To explore the issue in a positive way I designed and created the Belfast Flags of Hope project in memory of Thomas Devlin.  In 2009 a pilot project was implemented with two schools, St Patrick's Bearnageeha, and A...

This installation work was exhibited in The Lagan Tunnel, beneath the River Lagan, Belfast and at an earlier stage in the gallery at Conway Mill.  The Tunnel was the perfect venue for artwork that explored issues of cultural confinement. Read More I have produced a variety of sculptures in different materials.  The first series of work pictured here are from the 'Journeys' exhibition held i...