Outer vault:

BANQUET, 1995–2026

“Thirty years ago we planted native trees, small whips about 25cm high. Today some of these are over 20 meters high. They have been thinned regularly and now provide warmth in wood burning stoves. During the process of chopping, splitting and stacking I am absorbed in the moment, focused and alive. The work is physical, visceral and exhausting and I love that. I was drawn to certain pieces of wood, especially the split and the cracked. The work, presented on a table, are the chosen, the ones that caught my eye, with minor alterations and additions of small objects which recall memories, stories and possible future adventures.  There’s playfulness, a childlike dreamy world of the imagination, in which one is free to wander like an armchair traveller, with no direction home.” Peter Morgan, 2026

Inner vault:

ON BEING AN ARTIST, OR, ANOTHER OAK TREE,  2016

“I bought Michael Craig-Martin’s memoir On Being an Artist and read it from cover to cover. I enjoyed its jargon-free clarity, sprinkled with humour. As soon as I finished reading it I had an urge to cut out an oak tree through the covers and all the pages. Inside the presentation box is a text derived from the book’s uniformly positive reviews, printed in red. Michael Craig Martin inspired a generation of Young British Artists to challenge the status quo. His artwork An Oak Tree consisted of a glass of water on a glass shelf. It was refused entry into Australia as it was thought to be vegetation!” Peter Morgan, 2026

About the artist:

“I have been working as an artist for over 40 years, living many different lives: as lecturer, illustrator, artist’s book maker, curator, and forester. My work has been exhibited, published, projected, performed, broadcast and commissioned, nationally and internationally. My practice is diverse: I work with photography, text, moving images and 3-D objects. I am interested in work that is provocative, humorous, intuitive, conceptual, aesthetic, and collaborative. Work that has the capacity to engage both the eye and the mind.” Peter Morgan, 2026

“In 1992 writer Judy Kravis and I started Road Books. In 2019 we built an artist’s residency, inviting artists, writers and musicians from all over the world to work on their creative practice. We run the Garravagh Eco Project, looking after 30 acres of land, forestry, pond and fields, visited annually by art, permaculture and sustainable planning students. We host live art events. I produced with Judy Kravis Lives Less Ordinary, 32 Irish portraits published by Lilliput Press 1999. I curated several large exhibitions at Limerick School of Art and Design, during my 26-year tenure as lecturer, including A Mass Communication 2015. I worked with RTE on Balance (Five easy pieces) for Cursaí Ealaíne, and with RTE’s religious programming, to re-imagine the Angelusas The People’s Angelus 2018 – ongoing. Work has been commissioned by schools, villages, county festivals and Per Cent for Art projects, including When the bells go down, a Portrait of Cork City Fire Brigade, 2001. I have received sponsorship from Shannon Consortium, The Cultural Relations Committee, Thames TV, The Irish Arts Council, Cork County and City Councils, Creative Ireland Climate Action Plan for The Kinship project 2022. In 2025 I received an Agility Award to fund POST – POST a 48 min film shown at Imágenes y Palabras (Images & Words) El Hacedor, Burgos, Spain and the Indie Cork Film Festival Oct 2026.” Peter Morgan, 2026

www.petermorgan.ie

www.roadbooks.ie