Thread Softly Size:38cm x 46cm, 15.0inches x 18.0inches

Thread Softly Size:38cm x 46cm, 15.0inches x 18.0inchesFine art gicle print on 308gsm Hahnemhle Photo Rag. Limited edition of 150. Museum quality inks and paper Archival lifespan of up to 200 years Includes a certificate of authenticity Your purchase directly supports the artist Artist's Statement I am very drawn to liminal spaces and abandoned buildings, as a result, pathways, thresholds, and empty buildings feature heavily in my work. For me these spaces portray moments suspended between the past and

Paintings that are never made directly from life

Fine art giclée print on 308gsm Hahnemühle Photo Rag

as well as introduce them to a landscape full of secrets and danger

reflecting the forest’s quiet power and the way it holds memory

repeated and played with over a series of paintings and installations

I have explored themes of containment

Kaye Maahs is a painter and a native of Kerry who has been living and working in the Burren

She received a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Painting from Limerick School of Art and Design in 1996

Her larger works integrate these observations with photographic references

and in August she painted a large mural in the New Park Gardens as part of the Waterford Walls Festival

The use of dark tones throughout Melaugh’s work is instrumental in creating an eerie atmosphere where fragments of broken objects can be seen intertwined with desperate figures

with the support of The Arts Council