From July 2 to 13, an exhibition of ten new paintings by Carol Hodder, Leanings, will be shown in the back gallery. This work is featured on the cover of the West Cork Literary Festival program which runs concurrently.

Says Hodder, “the box paintings have evolved from re-examining marks which appear in sketch books and diaries showing a repeated leaning towards certain types of form. These ‘doodles,’ which represent ladders and boxes, are the drawings that surface when the mind is in a state of abstraction. The box structure is universal in that it defines an architectural response to space and form. It also suggests a container or receptacle for holding something. The imagery in these paintings contains metaphorical ideas of the box in a different context, being allegorical rather than literal, and is a personal response to the concepts of fragility, containment and our human need for structure and place.”

Hodder has exhibited throughout Ireland, including Eigse, Iontas, the Oireachtus, RUA and RHA shows, and her work features in many collections, public and private. She lives in Crosshaven, Co. Cork