Mixed media on board
Pain Points
Part of the artist's current body of work 2024 - 2026 centred around the emotional and physical realities of living with chronic pain.
moving image still
Chronic
Work in Progress, to be exhibited in March 2027 at Ps2 Gallery in Belfast.
Photo credit : Gary Bacon
Ink on cotton Muslin
Tread
30cms x 30cms x 8cms
An ink and tinted charcoal tracing of teh artist's foot on cotton muslin over one half of a double stretcher
Water soluble pastel on linen
Clasp
From the artist's current body of work
Pastel on paper
Traces of Me
The first drawing in an exploratory body of work that began in December 2025
Photo
I still see you sitting there
Digital Image, 2025
mixed media
Horizon
2025
Mixed media on Canvas
25 cms x 25cms
drawing
'Six Degrees'
In May 2024 I staged an art intervention in my local town, re-purposing an empty retail unit into a store front gallery, inviting people into the space across two separate days to take part in a drawing installation (final result shown)
Photo credit : Ruth Kelly
family trees and six degrees
Six Degrees
During May 2024, I invited participants to be drawn into a 'handmade family tree' which connected us all through the social theory of 'six degrees of separation'
Across six hours, I traced the outlines of 48 people recording their family name and where they felt represented home for them.
Photo credit : Ruth Kelly
Text
2024
Letterpress accompanying Triptych of prints
It was from March 2024 that written word begun to become an integral part of the artist's practice, and still features.
Photo credit : Ruth Kelly
Mixed media on board
Innishmacsaint
2024
Mixed media on board
30cms x 30cms
Photo credit : Ruth Kelly
mixed media triptych
Catharsis
2024
Photo credit : Ruth Kelly
Mixed Media
William
2023
Mixed media on canvas
18cms x 24cms without frame
Photo credit : Ruth Kelly
Painting
Left Behind
2023
Oil on Canvas
77cms x 77cms
Photo credit : Ruth Kelly
oil on canvas
Strength in the Waiting (For Catherine)
Painted in 2023, this painting featured in the artist's 2023 solo show 'On My Way Here' at Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick
Photo credit : Ruth Kelly
exhibition
'On My Way Here'
An installation shot from the artist's solo show 'On My Way Here', April 2023 at Down Arts Centre
oil on canvas
Fields of Home/Room to Grow
Photo credit : Ruth Kelly
Exhibition
'On My Way Here'
An installation shot of 'On My Way Here' show at Down Arts Centre in April 2023
oil on canvas
Last Light
2023
80cms x 80cms framed
Photo credit : Ruth Kelly
mixed media on canvas
Arrivals
2022
100cms x 100cms
Photo credit : Ruth Kelly