Acrylic, blowtorch,ashes,charred paper and printer/toner ink residue on board

64x60x3

2021

Murmuration II

A meditation on the illusory nature of power... includes the line from Christopher Marlowe the Elizabethan poet and spy... 'What are Kings when regiments are gone but perfect shadows on a sunny day' scratched into the painted surface.

King For A Day

Vulture funds with the facilitation of the Irish Government are distorting the Irish property market This distortion is leading to high rents and to people ending up living on the streets in tents. This piece questions how we have ended up in a situation where the owning of a home or having a roof over your head has become almost unattainable.

Don't Feed The Vultures

A Rag tree in Ireland is usually a tough mountainside tree shaped and twisted  by strong winds. The Rag Tree is usually located near a Holy well. There is an old belief that if you dip a piece of cloth into the water of the well and wash the skin of a sick person they can be cured. Apiece of the cloth or rag is tied to the tree and as it degrades so too does the illness disappear. This is a very old belief that may have been a pagan/Celtic tradition co-opted by early Christianity.

Rag Tree Bone Man

Acrylic,blowtorch on board
50x29x2
2021

Null and Void

Acrylic,ashes,spraypaint and blowtorch on board
2021

Dissonance 2

Acrylic,ashes and spraypaint on board.
50x30x1cm
2021

Dissonance 3

Acrylic and blowtorch on board
76x48x2cm
2021

Shadow box

Murmuration 1
Acrylic,blowtorch,residue printer/ toner ink and charred sawdust on board.
114x68x2

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Frank Boyce