SHED

An Tain Arts Centre, Dundalk, Co Louth 21st Feb - 1st Mar ‘24.

Suzanne’s studio practice is influenced by her surroundings on the Cooley Mountains; the mountainous ecosystem with its ever-changing weather, dense tangled undergrowth and glimpses of our native wild animals inhabit her semi-abstract paintings. For SHED the work depicts the now extinct Giant Irish Red Deer. Many examples of its antlers, which it shed annually, have been found preserved in our peat bogs and ancient lakes. As we marvel at the spread of this magnificent creature's crowning glory Suzanne encourages the viewer to consider the National Parks and Wildlife’s Red list of threatened native species and asks along with the grey wolf and brown bear how many more of our native species are we prepared to shed from the delicately balanced ecosystem on our island.