Considering the recognised rules to aesthetics, I like my paintings to exist within an individualist ideology. From a personal gravitation towards contrast and abundance, I create new settings for my subjects, thus providing questions of cultural expectations and perceived gender specifics surrounding the space.
I have a particular interest in working with community groups, where the relationship between subject and artist is developed over months and with a great reciprocal appreciation. This process of introducing community groups into the development of paintings is a collaboration whereby the finished paintings are not a conclusion, but a continuation of the relationship built.
This current project began in February 2019 and is the result of time spent with a men’s group from inner city Dublin. Through the process of photography and collaging, my goal is to create optimistic and energetic paintings for both the subject and the viewer.
![Summer In The City, oil on canvas, 133x98cm](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/season-dailey/7e654e9c02-1711919010/1-seasondailey-1200x-q80.jpg)
Summer In The City, oil on canvas, 133x98cm
![Detail of Summer In The City](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/season-dailey/4cb75b1d10-1711919010/2-seasondailey-1200x-q80.jpg)
Detail of Summer In The City
![Detail of Summer In The City](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/season-dailey/40a443698c-1711919010/3-seasondailey-1200x-q80.jpg)
Detail of Summer In The City
![Detail of Summer In The City](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/season-dailey/93d52c67cf-1711919010/4-seasondailey-1200x-q80.jpg)
Detail of Summer In The City
![Trevor In Flowers, oil on canvas, 133x98cm](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/season-dailey/628f5e0ff1-1711919010/5-seasondailey-1200x-q80.jpg)
Trevor In Flowers, oil on canvas, 133x98cm
![Detail of Trevor In Flowers](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/season-dailey/b676950c47-1711919010/6-seasondailey-1200x-q80.jpg)
Detail of Trevor In Flowers
![The Three Winners, oil on canvas, 98x133cm](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/season-dailey/81c612b91f-1711919010/7-seasondailey-1200x-q80.jpg)
The Three Winners, oil on canvas, 98x133cm
![Detail of The Three Winners](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/season-dailey/425976940a-1711919010/8-seasondailey-1200x-q80.jpg)
Detail of The Three Winners
![Paul At Home With Tea, oil on canvas, 90x118cm](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/season-dailey/c9de84e8b2-1711919010/9-seasondailey-1200x-q80.jpg)
Paul At Home With Tea, oil on canvas, 90x118cm
![Detail of Paul At Home With Tea](https://2020.ncad.works/media/pages/graduates/season-dailey/347e614586-1711919010/10-seasondailey-1200x-q80.jpg)
Detail of Paul At Home With Tea