A Donegal Year
A review of some of my paintings of the landscape of beautiful Donegal Ireland from 2018-2019.
Brightening Up Over Three Cliffs Bay
Here’s a footnote to Sunday’s post about waiting for gaps in the clouds. The sun was peeping over the top of the three peaks, illuminating the edges beautifully. I particularly liked the way the sea and the river, Pennard Pill, merge here. It’s not clear where saltwater and…
A Gap in the Clouds
Waiting for the sunlight on a stormy day at Three Cliffs Bay.
Over to Worms Head
I managed to make it down to Rhossili Bay this week. It has been raining on and off for weeks. I have been painting in my attic studio listening to the rain thundering down and I have got quite tired of that sound. So when I was greeted by clear skies I decided, on a whim, to drive down to Rhossili to see the autumn colours.
Going large! (Scaling up a commission piece)
Commissions are usually pretty interesting because they will challenge me in some way or another. This particular commission’s challenge was about scale.
Looking the Other Way
I needed to paint this picture. I have painted a lot of landscapes lately and I was missing the challenge of the human form.
Art of the Protest
An account of the posters and events of Swansea’s Climate Strike Protest September 2019.
Tory Island, Donegal
The ferry to Tory Island runs all year round. In the summer months (June onwards) there are extra sailings. We had decided to get an early boat as Seamas, my husband said the weather forecast was for sunshine in the morning, cloudy around midday and then sunshine in…
Derek Hill and Glebe House
On a grey overcast day, when the clouds seemed always about to descend on us, we drove to a smart red Georgian house by Lough Gartan, near a place called Churchill (Irish: Mín an Lábáin). This is Glebe House. It had been the home of the English-born artist Derek…
Painting the Derryveagh Mountains
Donegal has lots of breathtaking scenery. I love the coast and the old white houses and a lot of my recent paintings have been concerned with depicting a more intimate impression of Donegal. I don’t like to get into a rut, and I will switch subject matter to…
