Late Summer View of Garryvoe

This took two months to complete. This year marks 20 years since I first tackled this view and 15 since I last painted it. It’s a view from one of the family farm fields, the ‘High Field’. I painted it on a big board over a metre wide, the biggest piece ever. Though it follows a reference photo closely, there is artistic licence in the colouring especially of the shadows. Reference photo was taken in late August 2008, so this has been a long time on the backburner. A housing estate near the edge of the land below the caravan site has been omitted, as have two electricity poles in the two closest fields.

Rainy Sunset in the Strand Field – Sold

Rainy Sunset in the Strand Field

Introduced some florescent red and yellow to my palette to give the corn more of a sunlit brilliance. The view is looking east into the rain and rainy clouds, the sun is setting behind the viewer so there was a strange atmosphere of sunlight and rain. Sold.