August 2025
A Collection of Small Paintings by Daisy Richardson in situ with Gomero Gigante and Valparaiso Wear & Tear by Sarah Walker
Daisy Richardson August 2025:
"Within my work I am fascinated by the interplay between interior and exterior, the constructed and the natural, the new and the ancient. These areas encompass the geological development of the world, deep time, human lived experience and our understanding of these areas. In my paintings, I'm often trying to combine domestic everyday objects or interior spaces with constructed rock or mineral formations to locate the formations in the present while concurrently placing the objects in the past. Some of the paintings are extrapolations of this, taking interiors and turning them into imagined or dreamt places in the process of forming in reality and on the surface of the painting."
"Inspired by the giant Gomero tree which I came across while on artist residency in Valparaiso, Chile - one of the largest trees I've ever seen - I decided to recreate it in a temporary installation in the gallery. The scale, the sheer size, and grandeur of this unique tree seemed a good fit for the main gallery wall panel.
Using the same technique I used for the installation I made while on residency, i.e. painting paper in watercolour and tearing and cutting it into shapes, I've been growing the tree with painted shapes of leaves and bark applied directly to the wall. Before breaking up for the summer, the students of Scoil an Chroí Ró-Naofa enjoyed a trip to the gallery and joined in applying some leaves.
As an ongoing and interactive project, visitors over the summer are welcome to add a leaf or two!" SW July 2025