Country Road, Winter Sun (Inishowen, Donegal)
Today is the shortest day of the year. Its very dark up north here. I find it hard to sleep. When the sun appears it illuminates and reveals a verdent but slummering landscape. I am always looking for flashes of red to paint in the deepest winter. In the past it might be a coat, or a door. Today it is a red roof on an old stone cottage. The old houses are disappearing fast in this part of Ireland. That makes me sad.
Patterned Fields, Rossbeg (Donegal)
Acrylic Gouache on Board 36cmx28cm Patterned Fields, Rossbeg. Tormore is in the distance. Matt varnish has been used to protect the painting from UV damage. The Panel edges are painted white. This work can be hung on the wall without the need for a frame.
AI and the Rot Economy
I have tried several times this year to write more about developments in AI (and Art) but I keep giving up because I keep getting sucked down “rabbit holes” and I find it hard to see the wood for the trees. OK here goes – I dislike and distrust AI. It’s overhyped. The visual stuff looks horrible. It’s dangerous. Unregulated it is going to cause a lot of damage in our societies/brains/education/communities/environment.
Dunree Head, Donegal
Dunree is a fascinating place set in a stunning location on a fjord. Dun Fhraoigh in Irish means, “Fort of the Heather” – it has been a fort at dunree for thousands of years, since the Bronze age (over 4000 years ago). When you see the chunk of rock that the “modern” day fort (well Napoleonic era) for has been built on, you understand why.