Catalogue of 40 portraits of Dublin's homeless, drawn in the Simon shelter on Usher's Island and held at Jorgensen Fine Art.

"These portraits were drawn in the Simon Shelter on Usher’s Island, Dublin, where I used to work on Monday nights as a volunteer. When I originally started this work we were kept busy enough answering the door, giving out food, blankets and cleaning the place, but later the role of the voluntary worker changed; there was more time to just sit and talk with the residents. I decided to use some of this time in drawing these portraits. At the back of my mind was the idea of mounting an exhibition of them, as a way of raising consciousness of the homelessness problem and raising funds for the Shelter itself. The project quickly took off, with plenty of enthusiastic would-be models, and after a lengthy process of consultation with the Shelter residents, staff and Simon management, it was agreed that the exhibition could go ahead" - artist's website.