strange deserted beach out on the island
felt like a ghost town, just waiting for tumbleweeed
fantastic textures
lichen, shrubs, herbs, bark
a rich deposit to mine
so of course more paintings brewing
Category Archives: wanderings abroad
4 postcard pieces on paper and the panels again
dismantling Christmas
quite surreal this morning watching the huge tubular tree structure being dismantled in Tavira
painting progress just past dawn
sun primed
A wonderful walk along by the saltpans out to Quatro Aguas today
Fantastic waders, godwits, egrets, spoonbills strutting about and dabbling in the shallow waters
Watched the dinghy class by the harbour
AND at last got some work done!
yellow trim
St Frances Church in Tavira
I’m hoping to go in here in a few minutes to listen to a fado concert. Fado is a special type of mournful singing traditional in this region of Portugal
Couldnt resist this house for its unbelievably yellow yellowness!
sunlit seedpods
these tree berries ( sorry, dont know the tree name) catching the clear January morning sunshine in Tavira, Portugal,
remind me of Van Gogh’s painting of Damson blossom. Same blue perhaps.
blue lights in tavira portugal
such a great blue!
strings and rings and shapes and shadows
memories of Mayo
so much material to work from
must get rid of this cold and get back into the studio!
cold wax workshop mayo
I am on a weeks workshop with artist Rebecca Crowell at Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle County Mayo
http://www.ballinglenartsfoundation.org/
My work this week is very influenced by a fantastic day trip we made out to Ceide Feilds
This is a huge extensive neolithic site, where a network of over 50 miles of buried stone boundary walls have been identified from a farming community living on this coastline over 5,000 years ago. The individual rocks from here and around another landmark, Benwee head, and the intriguing plan of the layout of the walls have found their way onto the surface of these paintings
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