Monday, 31st July.

‘There ought, I thought, to be a ritual for being born twice - patched, retreaded and approved for the road.’

- The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath

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The last day of July.

ALLTAR has been put out into the ether! I’ve been working away in my studio/bed room in preparation and funnily enough I’m feeling somewhat calm. This shopping list is a collection of bits and pieces that paint the landscape of my environment.

A collection of photos, music, books & things that I’ve seen both within and outside the four walls.

Shells from my sister.

A completed painting which I had a lot of fun making.

The aftermath of a recent storm.

Source images taken in 'Omega 3', Husemannstraße. A family run fish mongers who I hope are enjoying their holidays!

Liza the dog on her daily evening walk... she be after some ice cream or toes..

Photo Credit: Eric Crehan, off doing the Lord's work in Costa Rica.

A Nancy headbutt!

Rioghnach Hardiman

My first time wearing a shell bra. Hopefully not the last!

The fish well outside of Chen Che teahouse.

A photo taken by Anton Corbijn of Sinéad O’Connor in 1990 in Dublin.

My palette's state. Won't be scraping it clean as last time I did that I ended up in A&E...

Pretty little thing!

Re-reading Amos Tutuola's 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts'. Food for the imagination and , I think, highlights the magic of colloquialisms in building a landscape.

Photo Credit: Eric Crehan, Costa Rica 2023.

Looks like a pair of lips. Pair of lips? Set of lips? Lips?

Photo Credit: Eric Crehan, Costa Rica 2023.

Bought some flowers on Saturday.

An inverted photo of the Oweynagat Cave, Co.Roscommon.

A photo of Portadown, Co.Armagh in the winter light.

It’s my laptop screensaver

Preventative measures - kept hitting my head!

Close up of a sculpture by Enrico David at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin.

Kind of reminded me of a bog body.

Spotted outside the gallery

Photo credit: Hyojung Jung, a fellow Takt artist in residence.

A photo of women walking their pigs

A Christmas present that follows me wherever my base may be.

What my brain has been chewing on…

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Some recent ear worms above.

Footage of the heavens opening up below.

The rain in Berlin can jump in the bin.

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