While I’ve been busy with the The Green Way painting, I’ve also been working on some small seascapes for the annual ‘Sea Week’ festival due to open shortly in Letterfrack. The theme this year is ‘A Memory of the Sea’.

These are done on 4″ x 4″ canvas which I enjoy using – small paintings enable a certain boldness that is not always possible ( for me ) on a larger scale. The painting above was inspired by some photos I took when I visited Inishturk this Summer, I’ve exaggerated the wildness of the sea which was relatively calm at the time although not quite calm enough for my feeble constitution as I discovered..

This next painting below is called ‘Ebb Tide’ and is drawn from memory.

I used acrylic paint and inks with both of these and I added charcoal to the ‘Sea Cliffs’ piece once the paint was dry.  These photos were taken before varnishing so the finished pieces will appear richer.