Eileen McNulty, an accomplished embroidery artist, specialises in crafting textile landscapes inspired by her surrounding landscape and the rolling hills of County Meath. She grew up listening to captivating tales of fairy trees in Irish folklore. Her work is inspired by a combination of both.
Bare winter trees rise in the deep woods, their branches like skeletal forms reaching into imagined Otherworlds. Rooted in Irish folklore, this piece captures the enchantment and mystery of ancient tales. The free-motion embroidery, like a thread-drawn sketch, lends a tactile presence that heightens the sense of magic, inviting the viewer into a place where myth and nature quietly merge.