Roisin Sheridan | Statement:
I have always been captivated by thoughts and daydreams, watching a person caught up in a distant or imaginative world. I am particularly interested in perceptions of escapism, daydreams, a personal heaven, a favourite place, a place to feel comfortable and enveloped, a place that evokes a particular emotion. I am keen to explore the simplest form of artistic expression, drawing. This work captures the people in my surroundings unaware. The person is so encapsulated in their own thoughts that they do not notice the viewer. These snapshots of everyday life capture these brief moments. It intrigues me to discover what the person is thinking of, perhaps caught in a daydream. Stripped of colour the work leans towards the use of fine line, the focus becomes the portrayal of the image rather than the intensity of colour.

Fidelma Sheridan | Statement:
‘Stillness’ is an exhibition comprised of a series of miniature delicate pieces, deliberately tattered and fatigued. The backdrops of my collages are formed by abstract washes inspired by the colours of vast foreign landscapes, layered with the fading images of people from my present environment. Crumbling surfaces collapse softly into nothingness, illuminated by flashes of explosive colour. Reminiscent of stained antique maps, faded and torn with use, yet quickened by the vibrancy of flickering city lights or the awe inspiring beauty of pure white snow, My work seeks to capture an ethereal and dreamlike atmosphere. I seek to explore atmospheric episodes in my immediate proximity. I am fascinated by fleeting moments, the beauty that lies in ordinary unplanned instances. People captured unaware, lost in thought, consumed with daydreams and distracted by secret heartache. Precious moments, regrets, contentment, a longing for escapism, all of the things that haunt us internally and reveal our hidden vulnerabilities. I am deeply inspired by these moments of great beauty, by the fragility of relationships, youthful innocence, existence, erosion and by the eventual disappearance of our paths through life. I am keen to preserve these passing moments. It is as if the pieces have been discovered moth-eaten in a dusty attic, reclaimed from another world where time stands still.

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