Ballybunion - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available; 11"x15"

      A view of Ballybunion Castle on its cliff for St. Patrick's Day earlier this week.

Beltany - watercolor

watercolor, 2019

available, 8"x10"

      Just a quick little landscape of an Irish standing stone.

Brownshill - watercolor

watercolor, 2018

available, 11"x15"

prints also available

       A distant view of an ancient portal grave in Ireland.

Dunguaire - watercolor

watercolor,2018

available, 11"x15"

prints also available 

      A good view of Dunguaire Castle on Galway Bay in Ireland. The scan, as usual, doesn't do this one justice. I'm very happy with this landscape. I had to fade out the stone wall and roadway in the lower right corner to keep them from distracting from the focus point. But, I think it still balances with the vignetted sky in the opposite corner.

Irish Wool - watercolor

watercolor, 2017

available, 5"x7"

prints and gifts also available

      Just a quick little landscape for St. Patrick's and St. Sheelah's days this weekend. As you can see, I actually painted this late last year. Since I hadn't posted it yet, I thought this was a good week for it. This is one of those sketches I might come back to for a larger painting later.

Carricknahowley - watercolor

watercolor, 2017

available, 9"x12"

prints also available

      I'm very happy with this one. It's just loose enough; it's Ireland; the sky isn't completely terrible. I actually found the location through a YouTube clip from a BBC show called Awash With Colour wherein Dermot Cavanagh teaches a celebrity to paint a particular scene in Ireland. In one episode Cavanagh and the celebrity of the week (I don't remember who it was now.) painted this location from a different perspective. I found the location and several photos of it through Google Maps.

Ross Castle With Open Gate - watercolor

watercolor, 2014

original available, 9"x12" $100

prints also available

     Another one for this month's Virtual Paintout. That's four so far and they only accept three per month. I'm just doing them for the fun and practice now. I really like this one. I might actually be getting somewhere with landscapes.

Guinness #1 - gouache

gouache, 2014

original available, 7"x11" $125

prints available

I went very loose with this one. I'm still not sure about it, but it's growing on me.