Oil on Canvas, 80 X 60 cm
In Irish mythology, Mag Mell (Magh Meall, meaning the "delightful plain" or "plain of joy") is a mythical otherworldly that could be reached by the traveller by following the path the sun dances across the surface of the sea.
This myth speaks to the intrinsic relationship between the light of human consciousness - symbolised by the sun and the unfathomable depths of the unconscious - symbolised by the Sea.
An Slí go Mag Mell / The Way To Mag Mell is representative of a human life, a flickering of consciousness in time, that dances across the vast watery womb of life, in its return to the ecstatic place of wholeness.
This painting is composed in the light of this myth, not to illustrate it, but instead to play along the surface of the idea, a bit like the sun dancing across the surface of the sea.