Queribus (France) castle 4x6" print only
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The Cove-8x12" print only
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church in Codroy Valley (Newfoundland) 8x12" print only
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July 2017- I'll be leaving for Ireland in about a month. I hope to be painting there but being able to do that entailed downsizing the canvases I paint on. Normally, they are big....really big, up to 4x6 feet, so I've been adjusting to painting on much smaller canvasses and something has emerged from that. Firstly, it is a much more controlled process painting so small, very much a different experience from the big abstracts. The small canvasses somehow lend themselves to landscapes and I find myself painting the beautiful places I've seen and becoming immersed in those paintings, remembering how it felt to be in that place. I didn't know that would happen! So here are some of these new kinds of little paintings.
Ireland
August 2017-I'm here!
What a place....so beautiful. One of the most
beautiful places I've ever seen or felt. Big skies, hills and mountains and the light changing so quickly, so dramatically! It is very inspiring but overwhelming too...how can I do it justice?
This is my first painting called The Church on the Lonely Shore, inspired by the ruin of a 7th century church and cemetery on Kilcatherine Point on the Beara Peninsula. I can't imagine what it will feel like when I have to leave this place. I can't think about that now.
Update May 2022- Ireland is somewhere in every painting I do.
What a place....so beautiful. One of the most
beautiful places I've ever seen or felt. Big skies, hills and mountains and the light changing so quickly, so dramatically! It is very inspiring but overwhelming too...how can I do it justice?
This is my first painting called The Church on the Lonely Shore, inspired by the ruin of a 7th century church and cemetery on Kilcatherine Point on the Beara Peninsula. I can't imagine what it will feel like when I have to leave this place. I can't think about that now.
Update May 2022- Ireland is somewhere in every painting I do.
Other paintings inspired by Ireland 2017 to present and maybe forever...
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Two Countries (Ireland & Canada)
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Skies & Shores-unfortunately, this painting was damaged in storage and has been retired. I am grateful to this painting for getting me through the first COVID lockdown. I used colours that made my eyeballs feel like they were going to pop out of my head. Painting it cheered me up immensely.
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Maebh's Grave-private collection
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Everything in One Day- I did this painting for Peter. It's our giant postcard of Ireland and our time there.
Soft Day
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Alexandra's Cottage-private collection
SOLD- shipped back to Ireland!
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