80 x 80cm. Original oil painting on gallery wrapped linen, ready to hang.
Cathairín Fairy Field
In Irish tradition, a cathairín is no ordinary field, but a place where the boundary between the everyday world and the enchanted one is said to grow thin. These fields were said to hold the dwellings of the fairy folk, where one might stumble into mystery without meaning to.
Cathairín grew from that idea. A woman sits quietly amongst wildflowers and animals at twilight, in a landscape that feels familiar but not entirely ordinary.
For me, it's about that sense of wonder we can still find in nature when we allow ourselves to really notice it. Those brief moments when an ordinary place seems to become something more, even if we can't quite explain why.
80 x 80cm. Original oil painting on gallery wrapped linen, ready to hang.
Cathairín Fairy Field
In Irish tradition, a cathairín is no ordinary field, but a place where the boundary between the everyday world and the enchanted one is said to grow thin. These fields were said to hold the dwellings of the fairy folk, where one might stumble into mystery without meaning to.
Cathairín grew from that idea. A woman sits quietly amongst wildflowers and animals at twilight, in a landscape that feels familiar but not entirely ordinary.
For me, it's about that sense of wonder we can still find in nature when we allow ourselves to really notice it. Those brief moments when an ordinary place seems to become something more, even if we can't quite explain why.