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This ink and watercolour painting is of a hill called Coolagad near the seaside town of Greystones in Co. Wicklow, Ireland. It was commissioned by a lady as a present for her husband on his70th birthday to remind him of the place where she thought he used to play as a boy.
Thankfully for all concerned, it turned out to be the right spot.
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A Dublin tram, lovingly restored to it's original condition by a group of volunteers and on permanent display at the Transport Museum in Dublin.I painted it in a contemporary setting some time ago and I am glad to say that the painting was bought by the ESB, ( The Irish Electricity Board ) for €1100, at a exhibition where all the proceeds went to a charity for the homeless, called 'Alone '.
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Watercolour and Ink
Size 22 x 8cm
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Ben Wyvis, A sprawling and impressive mountain in Easter Ross, in Scotland. This small painting was done from a photograph taken by Nigel Scott, an artist friend who lives in Aberdeen, to let him see how it could be adapted to my own watercolour technique. It was dashed off in a flash of inspiration and in this case, everything seemed to fall into place, resulting in a painting with which I am very pleased. |
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Watercolour
size: 33 x 50cm
price: €495
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This is a drainage field in Mayo on the west coast of
Ireland. I painted this watercolour in 1995 and on a
recent visit to the area, that same field still held the
same fascination for me as a brilliant patch of green
against an otherwise featureless brown hillside.
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Disappearing Bray
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The following three paintings are part of an ongoing series which I call Disappearing Bray. Their purpose is to depict some of the long established shops in the town of Bray in Co.
Wicklow, Ireland while they still exist.
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Unfortunately one Aladdin's cave of a shop has already gone, and indeed only one of the redoutable ' Ledwidge bros' is left to keep a beady eye on the shop these days. |
All of the prints, known as Giclees, have a limited edition span of 50. They are guaranteed lightfast and printed on the finest quality gallery approved paper. |
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Print size: 31cm (12") square plus border
price; €95 plus p/p
Framed (for locally based sales only €150)
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Print size: 31cm (12") square plus border
price; €95 plus p/p
Framed (for locally based sales only €150)
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Print size: 31cm (12") square plus border
price; €95 plus p/p
Framed (for locally based sales only €150)
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RMS Titanic - Her first and final voyage into history
Print size; 30 x 40 cm. (12 x 16'')
Price; €40
Framed size; 40 x 50 cm. (16 x 20'')
Price; €65
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I think it appropriate that I should include a print of the Titanic in view of the current interest in the ship on this, the 100th anniversary of the tragedy and also to coincide with the exhibition currently running in Belfast.
I have depicted a scene where the tender is returning to Cobh, having left the very last passengers to board the ship before departure.
Morning turns to night as the iceberg looms in the distance.
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Picture size: 190 x 190mm
Medium: Pastel
Price: Framed: €450
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The new harbour entrance at Greystones has a particular Greco-Roman style about it which appeals to me. This is just one of many studies of it which I foresee coming out of my studio in various forms in the near future.
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Title: Colossus of Greystones
Framed 49 x 58cm
Medium: Acrylic
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Building work at Greystones Harbour, county Wicklow, Ireland is at a standstill at present, and looks to be so for some time to come, but one element which I absolutely love are the classic pillars which form the entrance to the harbour and will be standing when the job is eventually completed. Indeed they have become a focal point in much of my recent work.
I drew my inspiration for the white elephant, ( love it or loathe it ) from one of the ancient seven wonders of
the world, Where a statue known as the Colossus of Rhodes supposedly stood astride the harbour walls until
it was destroyed by an earthquake in 226 bc.
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Title; Tree fantasy at Blackrock Park
Mixed media;
Price; €950
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This painting started life as a photographic study over a year of 2 separate views of a tree formation in the park. Not being happy with some of the results, I turned them into paintings by applying guache to each print and transforming them into something a little more quirky in the process. For instance, the New York skyline in one, showing the twin towers. Yes it was done that long ago. There are also 3 original paintings within the group of twenty.
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Title: Winter view across Carrowmore Lake
Acrylic
Size: Aprox 55 X 35cm |
The mountain under snow in the background of this landscape is called Corslieve and is in county Mayo.
It is a painting I did as a house-warming present for my daughter who lives across the lake.
I particularly like it because I departed from my usual style into a thicker impasto treatment
in acrylics. I just discovered it when we spent Christmas
there last year.
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Title; Alhambra Palace
Size; 24 x 44 cms.
Medium; Mixed
Price; €550
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I visited the Alhambra Palace 18 years ago and took 4 rolls of film which I sent to be processed at a lab in England. All were apparently lost, so they said, which left me with no record at all. The painting was done at the end of January 2013 using a travel brochure picture and my fond memory of the visit as reference.
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