Shoreline impression.

Oil on Foamex 25cm x 20cm

Recently I was lucky enough to spend some time on an Atlantic island called Illauntannig

off the coast of Kerry. Four days were spent in the company of 12 other artists on this otherwise deserted outcrop of sand and rock drawing, painting and generally enjoying the beauty 

of it's bleakness.The work above is an impression of the waves as 

they break on its western shore.

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Old Tim fixing the weather vane

oil on Foamex 34 x 27cm

An oil painting of my friend and neighbor Tim as he fixes his weather vane above the chicken coop.

A task for which I was volunteered to help with and payment received by Tim modeling momentarily

on the ladder while I did the sketch. The painting was completed later from reference and memory.

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Sea cliffs on the south coast

oil on foamx 27 x 20 cm

 A quick study of some sea cliffs on the coast of Cork.

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Colors of Winter

Oil on foamx 24 x 24 cm

Another heavily laden oil work I have just finished.

Once again I have used foamx as a base. The painted

image is one from the Gearagh in Cork. It's an area of 

such scenic quality that I think it would be easy to find

 a thousand paintings in just one visit.

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Sailboats sheltering in the early morning in Drake's pool

Oil on masonite 31 x 27 cm

For this piece I tried to concentrate only on the color shapes in the scene.
Rather than attempt to paint boats in the water I placed on the  masonite
as accurately as possible, a description of the shapes I could see and the
colors they assumed without regarding them as components of the real
world but instead just considering them as a collection of abstract
color shapes.

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The Gearagh in the rain

oil on oil board 40 x 30 cm

Another oil of the Gearagh, this time I am trying to capture the amazing winter 

colors of this area, which even on an overcast rainy winters day are still present.

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Early morning January

Oil on canvas 35 x 25

A quick oil sketch from the imagination.

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Wind blowing through the reeds in the Gearagh

Oil on oilboard  36 x 25 cm

Another painting from the Gearagh series I am working on.

The view facing south this time from the edge of the reeds 

on the walkway through the sancturary

facing the main lake.

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Watching the rain fall on Glantaneatnagh

Oil on Gallery wrap canvas 10 x 12 inches. Another work painted from the Boggeragh Mountains.

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