So she won't float away

April 2006
Acrylic on canvas 50x70cm (Sold)

Years ago I was standing watching a comedian perform on the street in Dublin, he was making jokes about the appearance of each person who walked past him... One woman who walked past was carrying two heavy shopping bags and he said "You see this woman here, she has a rare condition daydreamers disease, her head is so much in the clouds that she has to carry around heavy bags all the time so she won`t float away."

It`s not a very funny joke, but it created an image in my head, and I did a small sketch of the idea... Recently I found that drawing and decided to make the painting I began thinking about years ago.... Read more...