'One Place & Every Place’ Collection 

The focus of this body of work is about finding a place that refreshes and sustains. Taking time together in the studio artist Paula Marten & Sarah Ruttle began to explore West Cork’s landscapes. This collaborative collection grew through each artist responding to one another’s making. Through this process the conversation and depth of the work blossomed.

Paula’s reflective and vibrant paintings brought context and connection to Sarah's drawn figurative art which aimed to recognise and capture moments of strength. Each artist created a series of paper cut art books to compliment and complete this body of work which was first exhibited in a ‘two-person show’ in Cnoc Buí in 2024.

The light filled gallery in Union Hall allowed the paper cut works to throw an ever-changing shadow in the gallery space throughout the day, bringing this collection alive.