Work samples

  • Wounded.jpg
    Wounded.jpg
    Wood, Foam. 10 x 144 x 144
  • Pallbearers.JPG
    Pallbearers.JPG
    Wood, pigment. 12 x 14 x 5
  • Yellowcake Landscape.jpg
    Yellowcake Landscape.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 100 x 72 x 60
  • Colony.jpg
    Colony.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 18 x 16 x 16

About David

Baltimore County
David is an Irish born artist living and working in Baltimore/Washington. He received his BFA from the Limerick School of Art and Design, Limerick, Ireland and his MFA from The Pennsylvania State University. 
Throughout his 35-year career, David has exhibited extensively in Maryland, Washington DC and Pennsylvania, including exhibitions at Anton Gallery, Washington DC;  C. Grimaldis Gallery,  School 33 Art Center,  Maryland Art Place and Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore MD;… more

Recent Works 2016-2020

In my current body of work, I frequently reference objects such as bridges, tunnels and walls as metaphors for my observations on human behavior, particularly behavior relating to power and subjugation. Much of the inspiration for these works revolves around the reality and inevitability of loss; the lengths we go to to protect the things that are meaningful to us, and the intersection between  power, subjugation, gain and loss.
 
You will see structures with elaborate outer shells, these are interventions designed to protect fragile interiors, sometimes at the expense of radically altering the inner core in the process.
There are barriers intended to control, protect, divide and separate, and there are cross sectional ‘landscapes’ where life forces are mostly hidden or driven underground.  
 
Amidst all this, there are many moments of ubiquitous hope and defiance.
  • Resist.jpg
    Resist.jpg
    Wood, pigment. 14 x 8 x 6
  • Encased.jpg
    Encased.jpg
    Wood, 12x 8 x 8
  • The Hidden Masses.JPG
    The Hidden Masses.JPG
    Wood. 18 x 8 x 5
  • Pallbearers.jpg
    Pallbearers.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 14 x 12 x 5
  • Monument to the Remnant.jpg
    Monument to the Remnant.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 12 x 6 x 6
  • The Opposition.jpg
    The Opposition.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 16 x 8 x 6
  • Control.JPG
    Control.JPG
    Wood, Pigment. 16 x 12 x 8
  • Glorious Weed.JPG
    Glorious Weed.JPG
    Wood. 18 x 10 x 10
  • Futility.JPG
    Futility.JPG
    Wood, Pigment. 6 x 40 x 36
  • Double Wall.JPG
    Double Wall.JPG
    Wood, Pigment. 16 x 8 x 6

Post 2005 Projects

A selection of  projects from 2005 to 2015
  • Colony.jpg
    Colony.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 18 x 16 x 16
  • Pustules.jpg
    Pustules.jpg
  • Infection.jpg
    Infection.jpg
    Wood, foam. 40x40x8
  • Group IV.jpg
    Group IV.jpg
  • Stork' Nest.jpg
    Stork' Nest.jpg
  • Amputee's.jpg
    Amputee's.jpg
  • Wounded.jpg
    Wounded.jpg
  • Igloo.JPG
    Igloo.JPG
  • Underworld.jpg
    Underworld.jpg
  • Untitled Group VIII.jpg
    Untitled Group VIII.jpg

Connect at C. Grimaldis Gallery

Solo Exhibition at C. Grimaldis Gallery.
This was an exhibition where I explored the reality of two Ireland's, despite the fact that the border was being dismantled. 
  • Gallery view.jpg
    Gallery view.jpg
  • The Great Hope.jpg
    The Great Hope.jpg
  • Connect.jpg
    Connect.jpg
  • 3 Cities.jpg
    3 Cities.jpg
  • Sever.jpg
    Sever.jpg
  • One.jpg
    One.jpg
  • Suture.jpg
    Suture.jpg
  • 4 Provinces.jpg
    4 Provinces.jpg
  • Umbilical.jpg
    Umbilical.jpg
  • Same.jpg
    Same.jpg

Vanish at Stevenson University, MD

Solo Exhibition at Stephenson University.
I spent a lot of time designing interactives for a health related exhibition at the Maryland Science Center and this inspired a series of works on medical interventions and my own mortality.
  • Wounded.jpg
    Wounded.jpg
  • Death Mask.jpg
    Death Mask.jpg
  • Wounded.jpg
    Wounded.jpg
  • Critical Intervention.jpg
    Critical Intervention.jpg
  • Gallery View.jpg
    Gallery View.jpg
  • Seeping.jpg
    Seeping.jpg
  • Isolation.jpg
    Isolation.jpg
  • Portrait of Doug and Dave.jpg
    Portrait of Doug and Dave.jpg
  • Breathe.jpg
    Breathe.jpg
  • Beehive Huts.jpg
    Beehive Huts.jpg

Scorched

A selection of  works that explored the conflicting actions of destruction and salvation in one process. These works were mostly a response to the Irish Government's token efforts towards maintaining historically significant national monuments.
  • Back to Nature.jpg
    Back to Nature.jpg
    Wood, Charred Wood. 16 x 8 x 6
  • What Once Was.jpg
    What Once Was.jpg
    Wood, Charred Wood. 12 x 8 x 8
  • Remnant.jpg
    Remnant.jpg
    Wood, Charred Wood. 14 x 8 x 6
  • Forgotten.jpg
    Forgotten.jpg
    Wood, Charred Wood. 18 x 10 x 6
  • Beehive Huts.jpg
    Beehive Huts.jpg
  • Ring Fort.jpg
    Ring Fort.jpg
    Wood, Charred Wood. 12 x 12 x 12
  • Foto 06 n021.jpg
    Foto 06 n021.jpg
  • Foto 01 j002.jpg
    Foto 01 j002.jpg
  • Foto 01 f043.jpg
    Foto 01 f043.jpg
  • Full Cast.jpg
    Full Cast.jpg
    Wood, Charred Wood, Pigment, Rivets. 60 x 20 x 20

Projects 1995- 2000

A selection of projects from 1995- 2000
  • Yellowcake Landscape.jpg
    Yellowcake Landscape.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 100 x 72 x 60
  • Foto 06 n015.jpg
    Foto 06 n015.jpg
  • Passing Through.jpg
    Passing Through.jpg
    Wood. 72 x 240 x 30
  • Untitled.jpg
    Untitled.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 18 x 100 x 18
  • Face Off.jpg
    Face Off.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 18 x 90 x 18
  • Group II.jpg
    Group II.jpg
    Wood, Pigment, Wax. 84 x 80 x 60
  • Homage to John Smith.jpg
    Homage to John Smith.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 24 x 100 x 16
  • The Spirit Level.jpg
    The Spirit Level.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 12 x 72 x 10
  • Median.jpg
    Median.jpg
    Wood, pigment. 20 x 200 x 6
  • Mining Series.jpg
    Mining Series.jpg
    Wood, Wax, Pigment. 84 x 36 x 10

Projects 1990 - 1995

A selection of projects from 1990 - 1995
  • Cityscape Series.jpg
    Cityscape Series.jpg
    Wood,Pigment. 14 x 72 x 20
  • Lunar Landscape.jpg
    Lunar Landscape.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 24 x 80 x 60
  • Our Hidden World.jpg
    Our Hidden World.jpg
    Wood, Pigment, Graphite. 30 x 120 x 18
  • Uisce.jpg
    Uisce.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 72 x 100 x 40
  • Networks.jpg
    Networks.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 55 x 100 x30
  • Unseen.jpg
    Unseen.jpg
    Wood,Pigment. 72 x 72 x 24
  • Lunar landscape II.jpg
    Lunar landscape II.jpg
    Wood, Charcoal. 20 x 80 x 30
  • Foto 06 n010.jpg
    Foto 06 n010.jpg
  • No Escape.jpg
    No Escape.jpg
    Wood, Pigment, Charcoal. 30 x 160 x 30
  • Underbelly.jpg
    Underbelly.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 48 x 70 x 40

Studies

A selection of sculptural studies
  • Sadat Peace Award.jpg
    Sadat Peace Award.jpg
  • Gaoth.jpg
    Gaoth.jpg
  • Untitled.jpg
    Untitled.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 14 x 8 x 6
  • Ceo.jpg
    Ceo.jpg
  • Nochta.jpg
    Nochta.jpg
  • Chain Reaction.jpg
    Chain Reaction.jpg
    Wood. 10 x 30 x 30
  • Neart.jpg
    Neart.jpg
  • Untitled First Studies.jpg
    Untitled First Studies.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 10 x 4 x 2
  • EvidenceII.jpg
    EvidenceII.jpg
    Wood, Pigment. 10 x 30 x 30
  • Creimeadh.jpg
    Creimeadh.jpg