Affordable Irish Art – Emma Cownie

I recently join the Stair Árrain Mhór – Árrain Mhór History Facebook group and was overwhelmed by the positive response I received from the members when I put my most recent post online there. I was asked if I had any more paintings of Arranmore for them to see, so here’s a collection of all my paintings of the Island that I have completed in the last two years.

Where it reads (Private Collection) it means that the painting has been sold. I hope you enjoy looking at them.

To see my Donegal paintings for sale click here

Poll na mbadaí (Harbour of the Boats) Arranmore, Ireland. — Poll na mbadaí (Harbour of the Boats) Arranmore, Ireland (Private Collection).

Painting of old cottage on Arranmore, Donegal_Emma Cownie — Brightening Up (Arranmore, Donegal) SOLD

Darkening Clouds On Maghery, Ireland (SOLD)

Painting of Arranmore lane, Ireland by Emma Cownie — After the Rain, Arranmore, Ireland (Private Collection)

Landscape Arranmore Ireland — Stone Shed Arranmore Ireland (SOLD)

Landscape painting Donegal — View From Poolawaddy (Private collection) painted in early March 2020

Painting of The Two Tin-Roofed Sheds, Ireland — The Two Tin-Roofed Sheds, Ireland

Red Roofed House Painting — Rusty Roofed House, Arranmore, Ireland

Irish Landscape painting_Emma Cownie — The Two Red Roofed Houses, Ireland (Private Collection)

landscape painting of Arranmore Island_Ireland_Emma Cownie — Down the lane, Arranmore (Private Collection)

Painting of Arranmore, Donegal, Ireland_Emma Cownie — Cloughcor, With Errigal Behind (Ireland) (Private Collection)

Donegal painting — View from Arranmore (Private Collection)

Donegal painting of area around Cloughcor, Arranmore — Around Cloughcor (Arranmore) (Private Collection)

Painting of Donegal Island of Inishkeeragh_EmmaCownie — Over to InishKeeragh (Private Collection)

Donegal landscape painting for sale_EmmaCownie — Gortgar, Arranmore (SOLD)

From Cloughcor To Maghery (Arranmore) (Private Collection)

Painting of Donegal cottage — House by the Wild Red Flowers (Arranmore) (Private Collection)

Painting of Donegal. Arranmore. — Old Courthouse, (Arranmore Island) (Private Collection)

There are also some small watercolours I did when I could not get to my oil paints and easel due to a broken leg/ankle

Watercolour of an old white cottage with a new slate roof, Arranmore, Ireland by Emma Cownie — House on the hill,, Arranmore, Ireland (Sold)

Watercolour of Irish cottage, Donegal — The White house, Arranmore, Ireland

Watercolor of Old White Cottage, Arranmore, Ireland by Emma Cownie — Old White Cottage, Arranmore, Ireland

Watercolour of Arranmore, Ireland — Two Red Roofed Sheds, Arranmore, Ireland

Some of the above paintings are available to buy as prints on artamajeur.com.

Landscape Painting of Donegal Ireland by Emma Cownie

A while back I came across a quote on the internet that has stuck in my mind:- “If I knew the world was to end tomorrow, I would still plant an apple tree today.” I was quite struck by this sentiment, especially in the light of current events.
I could not remember who said it. So I did some research. I was intrigued by what I discovered online. I found a number of statements:-

It was originally said by Martin Luther, a 16th century German monk
It was originally said by Martin Luther King Jnr, the 20th century African-American Civil Rights Campaigner.
It wasn’t said by 1) or 2)!

This puts me in mind of one of my favourite internet memes by that teller-of-truth Abe Lincoln…

Just joking!
The apple seed quote apparently originates in Nazi Germany in the 1930s, in the Protestant Confessing Church, which used it to inspire hope and perseverance during its opposition to the Nazi dictatorship.
To be honest, it doesn’t matter who said or when (although there’s a lesson about taking things at face value there) because I like the sentiment. No matter how dreadful things seem, they will pass. Eventually.
Here is my apple seed for this week.