'Good Room' Screenrprint - Limited Edition of 3

Part of the It’s an Irish Thing series, this work returns to the “good” sitting room—the one kept just so, opened only for Sundays, Christmas, and when visitors arrived.

The good china is brought out carefully, cups reserved for moments that mattered. There’s a quiet shift in the room, a sense that everything must be minded, handled properly, respected.

It sits in contrast to the everyday life of the working kitchen, where things are used without ceremony—where tea is made quickly, meals are prepared, and routines unfold without pause.

The language of home lingers between these spaces: the “good” room, the “good” china, the “good” biscuits. Words repeated often enough to shape how we moved, what we touched, and what we understood as special.

This work holds that memory—of care, of pride, and of small rituals that marked occasions, not through grandeur, but through the quiet act of bringing something out for best.