other people do it much better than me

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I dont usually post flower photos because I have a shaky hand, so I usually leave it to those who do it well
But the heather and montbretia / crocosmia are so vibrant just now
Magenta is a difficult colour in painting because it is so powerful, and the powder pigment that I bought in Venice seems to have got everywhere!
Our magenta rugosa roses are nearly over but they are our biggest success story, thriving inspite of our strong salt winds
We are delighted to have berries on one of our rowan trees for the first time, we planted about 20 rowans 6 years ago, and most have survived, and a few have flowered for the last 3 years, but the blossoms always get blown off before the berries set.

other people do it much better than me

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I dont usually post flower photos because I have a shaky hand, so I usually leave it to those who do it well
But the heather and montbretia / crocosmia is so vibrant just now
Magenta is a difficult colour in painting because it is so powerful, and the powder pigment that I bought in Venice seems to have got everywhere!
Our magenta rugosa roses are nearly over but they are our biggest success story, thriving inspite of our strong salt winds
We are delighted to have berries on one of our rowan trees for the first time, we planted about 20 rowans 6 years ago, and most have survived, and a few have flowered for the last 3 years, but the blossoms always get blown off before the berries set.

donegal dreamscape panels

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donegal dreamscape
2 works on panels, each panel 50 x 70cm
oil and cold wax
with other images showing the history of the pieces through several layers
scratched and scarred and scored through layers of being
born in donegal
landscapes of rugged terrain, wind and rain
mythical and mystical and maybe magical
liz-doyle@live.com

time for red

Bought some new paints today as I have completely run out
Had to buy locally where there isn’t much choice
They only had red, yellow blue and white in big tubes, so I got all three
Realized that I don’t use red much, or not recently anyway
Is that something to do with mood?
Anyway, here are some red works from a few months ago

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new page alert

They’re done! Well started at least!

3 new pages on my site:

cruit island

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oil and cold wax on panel

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tools and process

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Mostly visuals, cos that’s what I do!
Come and check them out and let me know what you think
Thanks
Liz Doyle

new look, please be patient

there are no pages anymore

the static pages with old work were I ut of date and boring, so they’re gone

I will make new pages

one about where I live in beautiful county donegal, ireland, which I intend to update with regular local snaps

me on golf course beach, cruit island

me on golf course beach, cruit island

and a page of tools and techniques and the mediums that I use

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so please be patient

in the meantime I will continue to post regular blogs of my paintings

thanks

Liz