For Artworks 2025, I propose an iteration of recent works ‘Irish Street Stores’ / ‘Foresters Parade’ and ‘Slip Away’ both works that respond to the overlooked and forgotten. ‘Irish Street Stores’, parts of a salvaged shop front reimaged in a gallery context. A weathered downpipe, layers of paint chipping away from the surface, a hemmed-together door is lifted from its frame. Deconstructed and embellished, it takes on a new persona. A stand-in rose window acts as a keyhole, offering a glimpse into an off-kilter but familiar world. Masked ceramic works mingle at a reconstructed entrance. Embedded in this are paintings that hint at a world gone awry, figures and faces stare from dwellings that are difficult to pin down. Day and night meld into one. The bar/grocer stands as a local derelict relic in the broader theme of consumerism and globalisation. Redundant wrought iron bridges and overlooked passageways trade with scaled-up beings that are at odds with their surroundings.