Curragh mosaics

 

 

by Cristina Colli

I was commissioned these mosaic panels by  a client who trains racehorses. He works and lives by the Curragh, an open plain in county Kildare, and he wanted two non-representational mosaics inspired by the area, with an emphasis on water and horses.

I chose a series of design elements to convey my impression of the Curragh:

- at the bottom and top part, colours are inspired by limestone, while the fragmented sections portray the pattern created by intersecting gorse bush branches;

- the blue area represents water from the aquifer, while the central part stands for the grassland of the Kildare plain;

- repeated organic shapes in yellow and browns are inspired by galloping horses and convey their speed, rhythm and energy.