The work in North Calling is inspired by two different places: Ann Quinn's ancestral farm in East Donegal and the villages of Andenes and Bleik in Norway. Quinn was invited to spend time in Norway as part of a cultural exchange between Donegal County Council Cultural Services and Vesterålen Cultural Services.
Quinn grew up in Donegal, where winter has always been her favourite season and is the theme for 'North Calling'. "There is something clear and unifying about snow, the way it blankets the land and turns it into one white expanse. It makes the world look stark and definite like saying yes or no. Being in Norway brought me back to my childhood, when snow would fall in Donegal at some point every winter, whereas now it has become a rare sight"
Ann Quinn: North Calling
Past exhibition