Michelle Boyle
Virginia , Ireland
Michelle Boyle’s work explores people and place from everyday life expressed in her distinctive spontaneous and fluid way. ‘
MessageThe Liffey
It has been my constant companion now for almost 30 years. Sure, I have had momentary breaks here and there but since moving from the depts of rural Longford at the age of 17, I have lived by its side almost all my adult life. Both sides north and south. I have walked by its side finding joy in its beauty, I have rowed on its waters all the way to the port. The love I have for the Liffey knows no bounds, it has seen me at my worst at 2 in the morning and at my best as I row its forceful waters on a windy day. I have often thought of what it has seen over the centuries, Dublin humanity in all its sticky complicated mess. I am part of that now. It says to me “I need you to take care of me just as I have taken care of you”.
Edel Reilly