Wave of inspiration for Sherkin artist following sea crossings

Memories of regular sea crossings with her seriously ill husband lingered with Majella O’Neill Collins, the Sherkin artist whose work has been bought by George Clooney, writes Colette Sheridan.

When Sherkin Island-based artist Majella O’Neill- Collins was ferrying her seriously ill husband in and out of hospital, what “saved” her during those traumatic days was the work that she was imagining in her head.