intuitive, wordless.
non conceptual.
the organisation of space.
informed by place and surroundings.
non conceptual.
the organisation of space.
informed by place and surroundings.
painted in New York City studios, apartments, on the road
acrylic on paper
most in private collections
acrylic on paper
most in private collections
![at anchor 22x22" 2004](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77376b8add338b10f63c19183dde792c9583b79bb65f037034159bc22583589f/at-anchor-04-161-6-04.jpeg)
![a handful of days 22"x22" 2005](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/134e28669b43c8239c7d82d71db5ad40d269f5b1ffd82baa9c5e9e3272c9a25d/a-handful-of-days-22-x22--nualaclarke-2005.jpg)
![blue 22 - 22x26" 2005](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2cd9ff0617e85e74b5d9f5a4d2a4da74f27d2166b121ae2bdbc038836038bcb9/blue-22-22x26-nualaclarke2005.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/49e275fd05afef0d152a3333fd53a49402cda1a00df3644bd79e61b9323eb356/digress-2004-146.jpg)
Digress - 11x11” 2004
decided 15x11"
![fissure - 11x11" 2004](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc29df66a143b14b5b03fb48a184651ccadb88a1c2c96509cdb75c732a8bca5c/fissure-2004-145.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1a261ee71e1440c3fcd8ddd00f6cd1e9fd6c15d470ef699d5c881f763530702d/0610--8-This-years-crop-of-kisses--26x22--N1006-8.jpg)
This years crop of kisses" 26x22"
![the view from here 26x22"](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c8fb78fa8d6f9920fdb9a2f18deafc12b65705a2c47b822f1fd23f350fcb407/0610--10-the-view-from-here-26x22--N1006-10.jpg)
![all the things I love about you 30x22"](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef7a0852e5a9393a70a78e134a9d83ce08a67f8a2e2740c8b3c5b88a1a4b3d65/0610--13--all-the-things-I-love-about-you-30x22--N1006-13.jpg)
![High Ringing 22x22"](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1edb1a153768790991d41ac30af1c42865e860e0187a640de4bc8dc5f1691f7a/0610-1--High-Ringing-22x22--N1006-1.jpg)
![Untitled 22x22"](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b339f3343eb5c3efbef1b1f03e819125015e82c491330297ef5c06605323239/0610-3-Untitled-22x22--N1006-3.jpg)
![Overland 2006 22x22"](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/904adc823baef4163436bdca4cb08fde4c1eb004fc5834bbe5b61c3c790c566e/0610-2-Overland-2006-22x22--N1006-2.jpg)
![summer sandwiches 22x22"](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/397f82a1f170b5274af73fbe368edc09d087387207e628e63a80e5d75747a29c/0610-6-summer-sandwiches-22x22--N1006-6.jpg)
![days work done 30x22"](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c83545ff6831fdabc116858c01ff7da222a270a334dae8b1af63573064a4d4a/0610-11days-work-done--30x22--N1006-11.jpg)
![one, two, three, four 30x22"](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cce93faec65658b278511068cf18610ca3be7377203cfc11f0491186e782377f/0610-15-one--two--three--four-30x22--n1006-15.jpg)
![Subway 22x15"](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/92361e7bf3760272326ad095868bc562b7f95ae7c2cc46871596c5bb74718fdb/0610-m3--Subway--22x15--N1006-m3.jpg)
![the hole in the middle of the window ledge 10x11"](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4db3deec991e1292ad3c6060fe15f7882cb7d07bd0c2fb65bbac98ba194e46a0/0610-s1-the-hole-in-the-middle-of-the-window-ledge-10x11--N1006-s1.jpg)
Belonging- a series of paintings
Every Tuesday in 2004/5 I took the train in to the studio on West 26th St from upstate, NY. I got a coffee, lunch and a piece of cake. I put on Bjorks greatest hits and selected a slide or a photo from the many I had taken over the years from a moving van or train and painted.
Every Tuesday in 2004/5 I took the train in to the studio on West 26th St from upstate, NY. I got a coffee, lunch and a piece of cake. I put on Bjorks greatest hits and selected a slide or a photo from the many I had taken over the years from a moving van or train and painted.
Each work is 30x44” acrylic on
paper printed with masking fluid.
the place and date the photo was taken is noted in the title along with the defining feature.
paper printed with masking fluid.
the place and date the photo was taken is noted in the title along with the defining feature.
![1 BELONGING IRELAND 03 FIELD](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85f8d1db6cc5e778228bbbd3ce88606032e91a55f0e4073f2e54f015feb3e474/2-BELONGING-IRELAND-03-CLOUD.jpg)
![3 BELONGING IRELAND 03 FACTORY](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9733acfe0c931e8185bca024aff7db2b84a0038ce1e1e681b80417fe359337f1/3-BELONGING-IRELAND-03-FACTORY-.jpg)
![4 BELONGING SPAIN 03 TREE](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f72eed1f62a4c472120dc628ecd506635860624a73bbb420b57414ea32858983/4-BELONGING-SPAIN-03-TREE.jpg)
![5 BELONGING IRELAND 03 SHED](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ad144c71fd6f853ed0af80e5263971d5eb05a9f90c8a7f8eebdad56afecaa42/5-BELONGING-IRELAND-03-SHED.jpg)
![6 BELONGING GERMANY 04 TREE](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6e9df8ab6cd8d4e1525a35daba88f337a9da5d786025ab84e3cd277fbb5ac008/6-BELONGING-GERMANY-04-TREE.jpg)
![8 BELONGING NEW YORK 04 BARN](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f22f194f374c64c0d9b3f22156e0dcf08439a74094d552bee6120a2ea2ebc3ba/8-BELONGING-NEW-YORK-04-BARN.jpg)
![9 BELONGING NEW JERSEY 04 SHED](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5b1f097b19e6bcfe3c903311f6d57fe31d3a099dac4c0e38747de5f19a735ecf/9-BELONGING-NEW-JERSEY-04-SHED-.jpg)
![10 BELONGING NEW YORK 04 HAY CARTS](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/75f9830d504262218f53e1e580e064900d1e1f1645ef65144fa820ba2778fb0f/10-BELONGING-NEW-YORK-04-HAY-CARTS.jpg)
![11 BELONGING NEW YORK 04 JUNE 13 3.40PM](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/df8bcda1b07bef3e54f7bd3d24d54b844fbe0d640497b5f5519bd3e41463f626/11-BELONGING-NEW-YORK-04-JUNE-13-3.40PM.jpg)
![12 BELONGING SPAIN 03 LONG BARN](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/16697c6fda23c471eedd48bf9fc85ecd8bf1b49b73e9d64183fc9680baab2a5c/12-BELONGING-SPAIN-03-LONG-BARN.jpg)
![13 BELONGING SPAIN 03 BARN](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77568e2b2a16ec28d050f915e58930073b6422deaecf565a343480c609781ea3/13-BELONGING-SPAIN-03-BARN.jpg)
![15 BELONGING SPAIN 01 HOUSE](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4bc6743be552535646ea6a8dbbda7a2ee9a927975a648a4bfbc284b36f629d09/15-BELONGING-SPAIN-01-HOUSE-2.jpg)
![16 BELONGING SPAIN 01 HILL](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ab66da329752e23604016de483a98d98fbdcb1be32a3d8d741c81f5a02a23e4/16-BELONGING-SPAIN-01-HILLweb.jpg)
![17 BELONGING IRELAND 03 RED SHED AND WALL](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fefe5a8ae13f5ec99618567d7610de586fc0b4597bf08ee5195c8b5825488083/17-BELONGING-IRELAND-03-RED-SHED-AND-WALL.jpg)
![26 BELONGING NEW JERSEY 05 MEADOWLANDS](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/80a5f15a2ebdeda09a42cc6ab9c11319f094664301e10c430bcfbbedcb3ef98f/26-BELONGING-NEW-JERSEY-05-MEADOWLANDS.jpg)
![27 BELONGING NEW JERSEY 05 FED EX](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19eec0a69eb6ec1263e802f66e4b6ac98b18920b1d86d391e1bfee08178f825c/27-BELONGING-NEW-JERSEY-05-FED-EX.jpg)
![28 BELONGING IRELAND 05 GATE](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a6fe32a6a2d3a2d4d50c9c872837cb72d3928305921bd0ee0defe839f28d43ea/28-BELONGING-IRELAND-05-GATE.jpg)
![29 BELONGING IRELAND 05 LONG SHED](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/70e66ebc391000432c1d0beec6964f579c0e353a4dc5ffc97860ce8d8a760946/29-BELONGING-IRELAND-05-LONG-SHED.jpg)
![30 BELONGING NEW JERSEY 05 FACTORY](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/791374bfeaf3224da48104ed0b048ab370fb8950156b97ac2031def858c54387/30-BELONGING-NEW-JERSEY-05-FACTORY-.jpg)
![31 BELONGING IRELAND 05 sligo ben bulben](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7c10314d7ed7bacedf5eacd7ccc987c7d0c618218167bf0a3bf24505d2a1477/31-BELONGING-IRELAND-05-sligo-ben-bulben.jpg)
![32 BELONGING NEW YORK 06 MY GARDEN](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a32e0f01452ae1ef5e89f062cfc36866bd2cf93a3501b7d06b7d1859d6dd99da/32-BELONGING-NEW-YORK-06-MY-GARDEN.jpg)
![33 BELONGING NEW JERSEY 05 FED EX ghosts of packages past](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf45337eab43f9919e4604731efa21e863bbecc20bf31941a01b8023afb1a7e6/33-BELONGING-NEW-JERSEY-05-FED-EX-2.jpg)
This shed is on the N5 heading east from Mayo to Dublin. It was first obscured by a ‘Jesus I Trust in You’ sign and now also by hedge. At the time it struck me as the perfect example of Irish roadside sheds.
![23 LEAVING IRELAND 05 SHED 2](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/995d8d3f183b0223dd8358518bb996784d78d7b5552413a2f541db0d3a632773/23-LEAVING-IRELAND-05-SHED-2.jpg)
![24 LEAVING IRELAND 05 SHED 4](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a01dd8be6bdc0acd9cb8e50daf2726b2e8e96291f6ded235028ea0ef1ef5fe80/25-LEAVING-IRELAND-05-SHED-4-W.jpg)
![24 LEAVING IRELAND 05 SHED 3](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/592db2eafc2638bde041660b125a7d0c763ba3c5c0d692d16988c9e7bb59b321/24-LEAVING-IRELAND-05-SHED-3-W.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d75f2e20b48e7e9463769afad7f203f0a32b9dd4c783320235fb12e20e836b7/american-farm-3-copy.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/98358027c39947d5140395e3412ed0bf7e3ca25e82b71a40afb64b7ad09fa944/american-farm-4.jpg)
Photo taken in the studio of and by my dear friend Steven Corsano.
I moved to New York in 1993 right after graduating from college in Dublin. New York was a Scorsese movie, it was Madonna in Desperately Seeking Susan! I worked in a bank for a few months. I worked at Sin É, the Irish music cafe on St Marks Place where Jeff Buckley made us feel dreamy every Monday night. I got adventurous and gave up all to paint full time. I painted murals in midtown Irish bars working high up on scaffolding with the builders. I collaborated and travelled. I was on the road, in Colorado and California for a year. This is when I discovered that I liked to be on the edge, next to the sea, or at the very least a river. I worked outdoors painting abstractly on the streets around SoHo. I became adept at noticing celebrities in all their guises. I painted and painted put in my 10,000 hours of practice. I sold paintings to The Westin in Times Square, to New York University Law School, Macy’s Department store; to Simon Baker The Guardian and Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots and my favourite, to countless couples choosing their first piece of art together. In 2004 I spent a year of Tuesdays listening to Bjorks greatest hits painting one “Belonging” painting a day, staying in the studio until it was finished. I moved every year, either studio or home. (If I wasn’t a painter I would own a moving company.) In 2006 I needed a change so I made a change. I needed a transformation and the “Breakup Paintings” provided that energetic opportunity. I began to work on canvas 72”x52”. A size proportional to my body, to my reach. I use a notebook. Ideas are fleeting, they must be noted. I take photos as documents of states and situations which prompt the paintings. I am an abstractionist.. mostly.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/811ae8ebf3b8910fd14e4fc0ff97c18e7e36e0b1f659c4e89e2347ca94f86df7/docks.jpg)
Foundation year NCAD 1989.