This work was a commentary on identity politics and branding.

This work was a commentary on identity politics and branding.

This work was a commentary on identity politics and branding.

This work was a commentary on identity politics and branding.

This work was a commentary on identity politics and branding.

This work was a commentary on identity politics and branding.

The Art Book represents art history in a non-hierarchical fashion, using the alphabet as its modus operandi. This and the fact that all the illustrations are the same size creates a timeless, placeless space for art to exist.

The Art Book represents art history in a non-hierarchical fashion, using the alphabet as its modus operandi. This and the fact that all the illustrations are the same size creates a timeless, placeless space for art to exist.

This work was a play on associations and representation.

This is a reference to my earlier oil on canvas on board works and a play on association and representation. The astroturf represents nature.

This work was a play on associations and representation.

Here I was experimenting with the idea that the documentation of work could become an artwork. The representation of a representation......

My entire works up to this point were listed, catalogued, priced and labelled. Exhibited as part of Art Trail 1998.

My entire works up to this point were listed, catalogued, priced and labelled. Exhibited as part of Art Trail 1998.

My entire works up to this point were listed, catalogued, priced and labelled. Exhibited as part of Art Trail 1998.

My entire works up to this point were listed, catalogued, priced and labelled. Exhibited as part of Art Trail 1998.

My entire works up to this point were listed, catalogued, priced and labelled. Exhibited as part of Art Trail 1998.

My entire works up to this point were listed, catalogued, priced and labelled. Exhibited as part of Art Trail 1998.

My entire works up to this point were listed, catalogued, priced and labelled. Exhibited as part of Art Trail 1998.

My entire works up to this point were listed, catalogued, priced and labelled. Exhibited as part of Art Trail 1998.

My entire works up to this point were listed, catalogued, priced and labelled. Exhibited as part of Art Trail 1998.

My entire works up to this point were listed, catalogued, priced and labelled. Exhibited as part of Art Trail 1998.

My entire works up to this point were listed, catalogued, priced and labelled. Exhibited as part of Art Trail 1998.

My entire works up to this point were listed, catalogued, priced and labelled. Exhibited as part of Art Trail 1998.

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' this was an unbound visual book with four chapters: Representation? The Grid (Failed Representation?), History Possibility? and Nothing. This work explored ideas for the making of artworks, some were realised, some were not and some are still being realised.

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' a photograph of a shadow theatre juxtaposed with text reading Title - Description or Subject / Description of Subject / Name of Artist / Title as Artist etc. from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' text exploring the idea of creating an exhibition, from chapter 3 History Possibility?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' photographs from the National Gallery in Berlin, photographs of people looking at artworks, from chapter 3 History Possibility?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' collaged postcard from the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, from chapter 3 History Possibility?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' collaged postcard from the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, from chapter 3 History Possibility?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' collaged postcard from the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, from chapter 3 History Possibility?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' collaged postcards from the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, from chapter 3 History Possibility?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' collaged postcard from the Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, from chapter 3 History Possibility?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Story of a Painting using a monochrome painting and a painting of text, framed by mirrors, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' drawing of a found charity shop painting A Winters Day / This is Not a Winters Day, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' drawing of a found charity shop painting A Winters Day / This is Not a Winters Day, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Any Time Any Place an abstract painting using different types of paint on a single canvas, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Any Time Any Place an interlocking abstract painting using different types of paint on a single canvas, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Any Time Any Place a layered abstract painting using different types of paint on a single canvas, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' top Sky Piece a monochrome painting and below an abstract installation using different types of paint on various boards, with associations to the sky, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Water Piece two monochrome paintings and an installation using different types of paint on various boards, with associations to water, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Visual Language / Word Association, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Fragmented Landscapes, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' The Tragic Failure and Absurdity of Representation in Painting, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Landscape after J. Constable, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Abstract / Fragmented Landscape after J. Constable as an installation using different types of paint on various canvases and boards, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Fragmented Matisse, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Illusion Light Piece an installation for a darkened room, from chapter 3 History Possibility?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Arranged for Understanding drawing from a photograph of a stairway in the London underground, from chapter 1 Representation?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Now and Forever The Art Book, from chapter 3 History Possibility?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' The Art of Painting painted text of the list of artists names from The Art Book, from chapter 3 History Possibility?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Imaginary, Symbolic, Real choose a large portrait from the collection of the Crawford Art Gallery and hang it upside-down, from chapter 3 History Possibility?

Also titled 'The Quandary of Painting' Artists Help Line an advertisement placed in the Evening Echo newspaper, from chapter 4 Nothing.