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The Possibilities of May – Oil Painting
The Possibilities of May Between storms the sun’s heat is driving the midges and Mayflies into a frenzy. The natural world is, at last, waking up to the possibilities of May. I was thinking of how I...
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The Possibilities of May – Time Lapse Painting
The Possibilities of May The pressures of work have kept me from posting in the last few days. I include here the video of this painting and will see you soon.
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Near Ross Castle, Killarney – Oil Painting
Near Ross Castle, Killarney If you visited Ross Castle at Killarney, you probably passed this scene. I thought as a subject for a painting this was more interesting than the usual ‘tourist’ scene of...
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Near Ross Castle, Killarney
Near Ross Castle, Killarney The problem with this time of year, for landscape artists in Ireland, is the overabundance of green. The monotony of green. Its a real challenge to produce variety from one...
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Boathouse, De Vesci Estate – Oil Painting
Boathouse, De Vesci Estate This little boathouse is on the grounds of the De Vesci Estate, Abbeyleix. The house, a four storey mansion, was built in 1774 by James Wyatt. The boathouse was probably...
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Crannóg
Crannóg A Crannóg is an artificial island, usually in a lake or river and the earliest in Ireland are dated to around 6,500 years ago. Probably built as defensive of fortified homes. At present there...
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Late May
Late May A quick painting to celebrate the ‘greenness’ of the landscape as it is at the moment. The problem with this is the monotonous ’40 shades of green’ or more like the 40 million shades of green....
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Colours of Summer
Colours of Summer These summer colours are bogland shades, quite different from the agricultural greens of cultivated land. At this time of year I need a break from the aforementioned colour so I...
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Rough Pasture
Rough Pasture Firstly, I would like to thank all who gave me a ‘like’ in the recent art competition. It resulted in me getting 2nd place in the competition. It was a bit of fun and only means I have a...
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Summer Shelter
Summer Shelter When you consider how much area a sky occupies in the average landscape painting, its strange why many landscape painters regard the sky as merely a backdrop to the subjects in their...
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King’s River
King’s River Another small painting of a quiet stretch on The King’s River in County Wicklow. Its a lot cooler here in the higher altitude, in spite of the sunshine, with a definite look of the...
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Riverbank
Riverbank These cool Autumnal sunny days inspired me to paint this picture. The water in the foreground was a bit of a challenge as I wanted to represent movement and vigour in an otherwise quiet...
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January
January Variability in our weather, here in Ireland, is probably responsible for the unique appearance of our landscape. A week or two ago we had minus degrees Celsius and snow-like frost plus a North...
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Spring Light
Spring Light The woods are about to spring into life. The light has arrived but the temperatures are still a bit low. At the moment the trees are bare, except for the beeches with their brown,...
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Daffodil Days
Daffodil Days After the greys and browns of winter, this blaze of bright yellow is surreal. And yet, despite their vivid colour, they are very much an integrated part of the emerging spring growth....
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Gorse Fire
Gorse Fire Burning gorse (a heather-like plant) is a traditional method of removing the old plants to be replaced by new growth which provides grazing for livestock. The recent dry spell allowed some...
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Summer in April
Summer in April It was short lived, and now, the landscape is being scraped by a North Westerly more vicious than anything thrown at us during the entire winter. There will be very few blossoms left on...
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The Emergence of Green
The Emergence of Green Its not an overnight event, the greening of the landscape, but a gradual emergence. Its more interesting for a painter than the later green overload we get in this part of the...
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Summer Blue
Summer Blue The season of yellow has passed. The wildflowers of spring and the many shades of yellow are replaced by the many shades of blue. Lilac and wisteria in the garden and bluebells in the...
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Crossing
Crossing The landscape is busy at the moment, lots of agricultural activity. I like the areas where it is not possible to have successful ‘commercial’ farms. There’s a wildness and charm about these...
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