Going with the flow for inspiration

Bernadette Kiely’s proximity to the Nore has had a huge influence on her art, writes Marjorie Brennan.

Artist Bernadette Kiely has had an almost uncanny proximity to water and its elemental effects for most of her life, so there is something almost pre-ordained about the focus of her work on river and flooded landscapes.

“My mother says she thinks the first thing I ever saw outside of the house was a flood. When I was a baby, we lived in a flat on the quay in