Over the past ten years I have been working on a series of water colour paintings called 'Silent Pictures of the Inner City'. My focus is on urban spaces north and south of the River Liffey in Dublin, particularly those that are evocative of the underside of the city. By drawing a grid over a detailed map of Dublin city centre I select a number of small areas to investigate, and absorb their presence by walking around, doing sketches, making colour notes, and taking photographs to find what interests me. It is a type of editing process before I start working on a final painting. I see my work as a form of documentation. I am drawn to those areas of Dublin that have been over-looked by developers or sidestepped by regeneration due to their geographic or social displacement.

David Browne