Bill Hall has developed his printmaking and painting alongside working in art education for many years. His current work originated in the disused and nettle-encroached buildings which surround what was his grandparents’ old smallholding in the West of Ireland. A fascination with abandoned sites of human habitation and work continues to inform his work. This also led to a study of the ‘weeds’ themselves; thistles, thorns, flowers and even toxic berries, and other growing forms which hint at ancient memories.