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From Tara Hill looking over Ballymoney and Courtown

100×100 cm, oil on deep edge canvas

From Croagh Patrick looking over Clew Bay, with clouds making patchy shadows over the islands.

102×76 cm, oil on deep edge canvas

Looking out to sea from Slieve Donard in the Mourne Mountains

46×36 cm, oil on canvas, framed

From the Dublin mountains looking over the city and bay as big rain showers pass over.

46×36 cm, oil on canvas, framed

From the Dublin mountains looking over the city and bay as big rain showers pass over

15×30 cm, oil on deep edge canvas, framed

From Sandymount strand as the tide is running out, looking towards the Chimney and docks

61×30 cm, oil on canvas, framed

Hook head at sunrise

80×30 cm, oil on canvas, framed

Ballybunion, Kerry, from out on rocks looking back towards the beach

99×30 cm, oil on deep edge canvas

From the Sugarloaf looking over Greystones, with sunlight breaking through rain showers

61×51 cm, oil on canvas, framed

From Tralee golf club looking over Tralee bay, with clouds blowing if from the sea over mountains

120×30 cm, oil on canvas, framed

From Slieve Donard in the Mourne Mountains, watching a huge snow shower move away

68×42 cm, oil on bespoke 3D canvas

From Slieve Donard in the Mourne Mountains, watching a huge snow shower move away

68×42 cm, oil on bespoke 3D canvas

From Slieve Donard in the Mourne Mountains, watching a huge snow shower move away

68×42 cm, oil on bespoke 3D canvas

Watching people walk the beach at Curracloe from the top of the dunes in dramatic sunlight

66×46 cm, oil on bespoke 3D canvas

Curracloe from the top of the dunes in dramatic sunlight

97×48 cm, oil on bespoke 3D canvas, €762

Curracloe from the top of the dunes in dramatic sunlight

97×48 cm, oil on bespoke 3D canvas, €762

Curracloe from the top of the dunes in dramatic sunlight

97×48 cm, oil on bespoke 3D canvas, €762

A lighthouse somwhere between Dingle and Galway, that I passed by while sailing on the Jeanie Johnston

38×91 cm, oil on bespoke 3D canvas

A lighthouse somwhere between Dingle and Galway, that I passed by while sailing on the Jeanie Johnston

38×91 cm, oil on bespoke 3D canvas

A lighthouse somwhere between Dingle and Galway, that I passed by while sailing on the Jeanie Johnston

38×91 cm, oil on bespoke 3D canvas

Hook head at sunrise

100×100 cm, oil on deep edge canvas

Almost on Achill Island

41×30 cm, oil on cavas, framed

A lighthouse somwhere between Dingle and Galway, that I passed by while sailing on the Jeanie Johnston

15×30 cm, oil on deep edge canvas, framed

A road called the Sky Road at the edge of Galway, looking out out to sea at sunlight breaking through clouds

25×36 cm, oil on canvas, framed

Hook head in windy weather

36×25 cm, oil on canvas, framed

Curracloe from the top of the dunes in dramatic sunlight

41×41 cm, oil on canvas, framed

From Tralee golf club looking over Tralee bay, with clouds blowing if from the sea over mountains

30×30 cm, oil on canvas, framed

A road called the Sky Road at the edge of Galway, looking over isolated houses

40×52 cm, oil on canvas, framed

From Croagh Patrick looking over Clew Bay, with clouds making patchy shadows over the islands.

30×30 cm, oil on canvas, framed

From Tralee golf club looking over Tralee bay, with clouds blowing if from the sea over mountains

15×31 cm, oil on deep edge canvas, framed

A road called the Sky Road at the edge of Galway, looking west over islands on a very windy day

61×46 cm, oil on canvas, framed

Ballybunion, Kerry, from out on rocks looking back towards the beach

41×30 cm, oil on canvas, framed

Cahore, looking north from the beach in evening light

36×25 cm, oil on canvas, framed

If I were to pick a theme for this exhibition it’s ‘good timing’. Whether it’s catching a glowing sunrise or retreating snow storm, or having a sheep dog pose against a dramatic seascape, these paintings are made of moments that come and go in minutes or seconds. Timing makes the difference between just another landscape and a unique, unforgettable moment. This exhibition has been more than ten years in the making. It has been incredibly enjoyable to put together as I have pulled out some of my favorite memories and pictures from a decades worth of travels around Ireland.

Take the Sky Road

Exhibition, Landscape

Take the Sky Road – Exhibition August 11th

June 15, 2018

The Sky Road is a place you might end up if you go to the west of Galway and then keep going west until you run out of road. It is just one of the incredible parts of Ireland’s coastline featuring in this new exhibition. Opening on Saturday August 11th, the exhibition will run for one week at The Gaslamp Gallery in Gorey.

Irish Landscape Paintings