Ed O'Donnelly

 

 

 Themes

 

•  Analogies and relationships.

 

•   Evidence of human habitation in landscape. 

 

•   Cyclical patterns, geological formations, archaeological evidence. 

     

•   Layers of time, as in sedimentary layers of rock, as in the pages of books, as in piles of   letters... 

 

Natural processes and patterns, the human mind, the visual medium of expression.

 

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Source and subject:

 

Sea Stories                Images and text from maritime history and literature.

 

Urns & Jars               Internment, preservation, containment.

        

Layers                        Geological layers, pages of books. 

 

Correspondence        Archives of letters, distant conversations, layers of personal archive.

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First Footfall              First human imprints after the Ice Age

 

One Green Field         The framing of an impulse. 

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Arctic Words               Forms of ice above and below surface.  Inuit names for ice.

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Chemical Cauldron     Hydrothermal vents.  

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Wordless Dialogues   They speak for themselves.

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Axeheads.                   Time.

 

Nylon                           Twisted pieces of rope - released tension.

 

Serpentine                 Energy - chemistry.

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Snake and Ladders.   Exploration of design...  

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All paintings water colour on Arches 640grm paper