​​​​​Sculpture in the Parklands

​2002-2010

Light as a Feather continues my exploration of how sculpture can create dialogue between form, place, and the natural environment. Suspended above the canal in Lough Boora Discovery Park, the work draws its inspiration from the delicate, fleeting motion of feathers carried by air and water. The feather form, elongated and pared back to its essence, was conceived to hover visually above the water’s surface, casting shifting reflections that merge metal, light, and landscape into a single, changing composition.

In this work, I wanted to evoke themes of lightness, freedom, and transformation—qualities that speak to both the natural world and the human imagination. By responding directly to the canal’s flow and the surrounding landscape, Light as a Feather seeks to offer viewers a moment of contemplation, a pause in which the boundary between the physical and the ethereal feels porous. As with much of my practice, the piece reflects my ongoing interest in minimal form, crafted detail, and the ways in which sculpture can inhabit and be transformed by its environment.

Kevin O'Dwyer (2025)

Light as a Feather