‘‘I float through space and time collecting words and light in my popcorn paws.’ ‘

I began developing the concept of the ‘The Veiny Crow’ during my undergraduate degree, there I explored themes of Irish mythology, feminism, hyper realism, avatars, creativity and the creative identity. I graduated with a background in design from the University for Creative Arts, Rochester in 2011. As an Irish person studying in England this helped me distinguish my creative Irish identity. The aforementioned themes accumulated in the conception of ‘The Veiny Crow’ in 2016. Since then I have released 5 collections, of which you can find in my portfolio.

‘’The impressionist paintings of Berthe Morisot, Mary Cassatt and Marie Bracquemond explored interiority and domesticity. They painted cats, still life and walled gardens. As Women painters in the 19th century, they were denied the freedom to paint “en plain air”, unlike their male impressionist counterparts. 

My work engages in a dialogue with these historically denoted boundaries of female and feline domesticity. 

During the Covid 19 lockdown, my physical and social freedoms were limited such as the life of a housed cat. My creativity was bound by interiority. These works interrogate this interiority by unravelling the carceral anxiety of my unforeseen domesticity.’’ -The Veiny Crow