Belfast
First form: Intaglio Print (6" x 9")
1995
 

Belfast
Second form: Painting (48" x 32")
2003

This work (seen here in two incarnations, painting and print) is part of a series which uses the famous first paragraph of Charles Dickens A Tale of Two Cities (“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was an age of wisdom, it was an age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity ... ”)  In her series each sentence signifies a city which is torn by some form of strife.  In this particular work, Belfast is chosen to address the theme of religious intolerance.