'Taming the Wild' -Light boxes and screens located in the courtyards of the new Ulster Hospital block are enhanced by the use of printed images themed on wild flowers and grasses.
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‘Watering the Flowers’ is a group of ceramic watering cans with flowers placed in different areas running along the corridor of the day care centre. This artwork has rhymes, songs and poems incorporated into the design and is a talking point and memory aid for the residents of the care unit.
Located in the corridors of the residential unit in The Sacred Heart Hospital, Castlebar , these two artworks depict a washing line made in ceramic. Surfaces and illustrations reflecting on the rich history of this rural area enable patients to remember their past through poems, stories and photographs.
Located in the stairwell of the new hospital at Omagh this artwork consists of a number of individual ceramic shapes which form parts of a garden - cultivated flowers, birds, insects, wildflowers and a view through a garden gate. These shapes flow upwards along the stairwell and create a movement through the hospital space.
Located in the waiting area of the Macmillan Health and Wellbeing Campus at Altnagelvin Hospital is a colourful ceramic garden of ferns, buttercups, birds and wild carrot to complement the light-boxes which tell the story of Agnes Jones, a nurse who trained with Florence Nightingale.
This playful ceramic artwork in Grangewood ,Derry encorporates a series of colourful ceramic butterflies flying along the walled garden. They brighten the outdoor space and bring a dance of colour to the garden. Patient’s feelings and hopes are expressed on the printed ceramic surface which becomes evident when they are closely inspected, each one an individual: just as each patient is.
This playful ceramic artwork in Grangewood ,Derry, consists of a line of different sized ceramic birds flowing in two wandering lines along the wall. It represents the pathway to recovery and a sense of freedom. Each piece is intricately textured with printed and painted images relating to trees, flowers and the sky taken from ceramic and poetry workshops with the patients.
This artwork , located in the HSE Community Nursing Unit at Clonskeagh, Dublin, tries to capture a moment of emotion using colour, pattern and image, whether it is the play of light and dark of trees looking into a dappled clearing buzzing with plant and animal life, or the falling of leaves and the metaphor for the changes throughout life.
This artwork takes the form of a ceramic wave with printed images of wildlife situated along a wall in the corridor towards the radiation area.
This ceramic 'Chain of Charms' represents the stories of families who come through the Oncology Unit showing how each of them make their own form of lucky charm.