64.4 x 54.2 x 3.1cm, oil on canvas, framed, 2025. 

After the Storm sits in that fragile moment when the world has finally begun to ease. The wind has pulled back, the clouds are thinning, and a shy bit of light moves across the water as if testing its return. The Lough still carries a trace of the storm’s restlessness, but it’s quieter now - a softness that only arrives once the chaos has spent itself.

The surface of the painting holds that memory: layers built up and scraped back, rough textures echoing the harsh shoreline, smoother passages letting the light settle in again. It’s a piece about those days when everything feels overwhelming right up until the moment it doesn’t - when you look up and realise you’ve made it through something heavy, and the world appears changed, calmer, more open.

Framed in a dark brown frame, the piece gains a subtle drama - the kind of grounding contrast that deepens the mood and draws the eye straight into the atmosphere of the painting.

Where it fits at home:
This work brings a quiet, reassuring calm to a space - perfect for a hallway you move through daily, a bedroom that invites rest, or a living room wall that benefits from a gentle, grounding presence.