
Sneak Peak…

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I was delighted to see my two Donegal paintings “Up Bloody Foreland, Donegal” and “The through Road, Donegal” on the walls of the London Irish Centre (Camden, London). These two oil paintings form part of a “real room” of an Irish family in 1950s Britain installation. The exhibition, which is on during August through to […]
Donegal is a big mountaneous county in a big country. Imagine my shock when I discover that it’s only the 4th largest in Ireland (after Cork, Galway and Mayo) at 4,860 km2 (1,880 sq miles). It seems even bigger as there is no railway or motorways here, so it takes a long time to travel around all the mountains. One of joys of the county is that it’s relatively empty (the 5th least populated in Ireland) with 32.6 people per km2.
There’s a good reason why landscape painters use the “landscape” orientation for their canvases – i.e. the longest side is horizontal – and that’s because you can fit more landscape in that way. I have recently discovered another good reason – social media and wordpress thumbnails don’t like tall narrow paintings and crop them.
Everybody loves the Georgian Houses It seems like certain styles never go out of fashion. Last year Georgian-style houses topped a poll of the most popular home styles. I suspect that people like scale of the house as well as the the pillars and generous sized windows. Nothing says lord of the manor like a […]
I love your work. I lived and worked in Crickhowell for twelve years and still return a lot to paint. Janet
It’s a really beautiful part of the world. Possibly my favourite!
Definitely one of mine. Will be there again in November. The Gower is also lovely.
A very interesting theme… Good luck with the exhibition 🌹
Thank you!!
Thank you for your post – it is easy to see for me that your heart guides your work. Hearts speaking to hearts is a profound way of communicating an important message. Keep on, keeping on. Ray
Thank you so much, Ray.
hoping your exhibition goes excellent Emma!
Like your style, Emma 🙂 🙂