Made and left on unnamed beach, Ballycastle, Ireland 2015

Found seaweed. 50” x 50”

seaweed portal

On site, Ballycastle Ireland

banshee scream

Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle, Ireland 2015

Found rope. 10” x 22

On display, Ballingglen Arts Foundation, Ballycastle Ireland

These pieces, made during my student residency at Ballinglen Arts Foundation, are the roots of my present day portal pieces. These were the first pieces I made working with found materials and the circular portal shape, which has carried through my work over the last ten years.