Seasons’ Greetings! It’s been an exhausting rollercoaster of of year – I am enjoying some peace a quiet and I hope all of you are too!
Best wishes,
Emma and Séamas (also Tadhg, Hattie and Biddy)
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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 […]
Thanks. Merry Christmas.
Thank you Goff!
Cheers. Happy Monday
This is such an appealing scene, beautifully painted. I love how you have the valley in shadow and the snow up the hill is gleaming in sunlight.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Emma!
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Thank you Cindy – love the little cartoon!
Happy Christmas to you too, Emma! With all my best wishes🎄
Thank you, Marina!
Hope you are getting a chance to relax! Let’s hope it’s a happy New Year. LOVE the painting and the sweet kitty!
Thank you Pam. Happy 2022 to you and yours too!
Merry Christmas
Thank you and Happy 2022 to you!
Wishing you the same and your family 🎄🎄
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Emma! This is me, trying to restart my blog after dropping off the radar for MONTHS! How the heck are you?????