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To the sea, all things lead to the sea
As a small island, it encompasses us and in some way I feel has helped mould us.
The ever changing movement of the tides, the changing of the seasons, the varied and diverse geology of our coast has always been a deep source of inspiration for me. For a long time, most of the decisions I have made in my life revolve around my relationship to the sea and its ever changing moods.
I have always been most at peace floating on the sea with nothing but the birds watching over me. There is a great sense of tranquility to be found in the isolation of being completely alone and at the mercy of the sea.
This collection of photographs are of an image I have been capturing for as long as I can remember.
That dividing line, something between here and there, forever constant but somehow not real.
There is a connectivity with the ocean: all the seas are linked, but I will forever get lost staring at the infinite line.
In summer ‘24 I was invited to exhibit in the arts centre in Clonakilty
and I took this as an opportunity to realise an idea I had for these images for some time.
The title of the show comes from a Nick Cave song, which was his take on the Odyssey from Homer,
an endless sea journey, the infinite horizon.