I’m delighted to have had three works selected for this year’s Surveyor exhibition at Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Meath.

The three images are part of a new body of work I’m making in which I combine the intimate relationship between household items and the emotional narratives we weave around them with specific flowers drawing on the Victorian art of floriography (the language of flowers). They serve as a visual meditation on my journey through a marital breakup, infusing everyday vessels with layers of meaning that resonate with personal themes of frustration and tension.

This image, ‘Domestic Vases: Self-care’ symbolizes both the longing for true love and the importance of self-care. This duality mirrors my struggle to confront the challenges of marriage separation while highlighting the necessity of nurturing myself in difficult times. There’s a rim of dust around the bottle which reflects a lacking in self-care.

Surveyor exhibition is an Open Call to artists from County Meath to submit works of all disciplines with a view to supporting, valuing and encouraging Meath artists in the development of their practices and creative careers.

Artworks were selected by Curator of Exhibitions at Crawford Art Gallery, Dawn Williams.

All are welcome to attend the opening of Surveyor on Saturday 16 November at 2.30pm in Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Meath. Free admission.

My thanks, too, to Cavan Arts Office for granting me a Professional Artist’s Award which enabled me to spend a week at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig earlier this year where this particular body of work found its first steps.