Chinese Ink Painting 'Cooking Potates' - Origional Art Work

This work continues the Making Home theme, focusing on the Irish kitchen and the memories people carry through the objects that once filled it.

Kitchens are never just functional spaces—they hold stories, habits, and inherited ways of living. In Ireland, many of these memories are tied to everyday objects that shaped domestic life, often quietly marking the rhythm of the seasons.

Kitchens are never just functional spaces—they hold stories, routines, and the quiet acts of care that shape family life. Preparing dinner becomes a daily ritual of attention and repetition, where simple tools and ingredients take on deeper meaning.

A cast iron pot sits at the centre of this scene—heavy, enduring, and passed through time. Alongside it, a wooden chopping board carries the marks of use, where cabbage is sliced and prepared, and potatoes are cooked as a staple of everyday meals.

These gestures of cooking reflect the act of taking care of families: feeding, gathering, and maintaining a sense of home through repetition and presence. In these ordinary moments, care becomes visible, held in the weight of objects and the rhythm of preparation.

Size: approx 300 x 300 mm

Material: Ink on Xuan paper (natural fibre). Due to the nature of the material, slight texture, buckling, or creasing may occur as part of the process. Works are sold unframed and can be flattened/stretched and framed on request with additional cost. Each piece carries my red seal.

Origional Ink Painting