Tag: mayo

  • Painting: Ballycroy (Mayo)

    “Ballycroy” (Mayo)   I’d been wanting to paint this for years. It came out of a time I was cycling through Ballycroy and found I was making little progress because I kept looking backwards. And stopping the bike and looking for ages. Why do I have this landscape to myself, I asked my tired bicycle? Then…

  • “North Mayo Coast” (Ireland)

    “North Mayo Coast” (Ireland)

    “North Mayo Coast”Canvas  40.6 cm x 30.5 cm (16 in x 12 in) Update: SOLD Price €335 (+ €13 Registered post to Ireland; €26-€43 to rest of world) Welcome to Night 2 of my 5-night sale of new paintings. 6 more new works are being rolled out to you tonight, one every 30 mins. I…

  • Ballina Junction (Mayo)

    “Ballina Junction” (Mayo)  On canvas, 40 cm x 30 cm (16″ x 12″)    Price €335 (+ €13 Registered post to Ireland; €22 Express Post to rest of world)  I get to Ballina most years so it’s countless times I’ve been there. First went in the mid 1990s when I was told the taxi driver…

  • “Mayo Water” (Ireland)

    “Mayo Water” (Ireland)

    “Mayo Water” Comic backing board 26.7 cm x 17.2 cm (10.5 in x 6.75 in) €170 (+ €10 Registered post to Ireland; €15-€25 to rest of world) I’ve had a relationship with water in Mayo since I first visited the county. I don’t mean the magnificent bodies of water like the bays Clew and Killala,…

  • Painting: Carrowmore 1 (Mayo)

    Carrowmore 1 (Miniature painting in acrylics on paper) 9 cm x 6.5 cm (3.5″ x 2.5″) €45 (+€10 registered postage to Ireland, €15 to rest of the world) North Mayo. A couple of days I’ve cycled along the shores of Carrowmore Lake. It’s north of Bangor Erris on your way up to Broadhaven Bay. And…

  • Mayo Shed

    Painting: “Mayo Shed” Who doesn’t like a good outbuilding? Probably lots of people, to be honest, but I’m not one of them. This particular gem is near Louisbourg so yep, that’s the back of Croagh Patrick you’re looking at there, in its conical iconicness. Tell me though, how do you decide where the front of…

  • Westport Clock II (Mayo)

    “Westport Clock II”, (Mayo)  Some years back I planned a whole series of paintings where I would incorporate mesh tape. That tape you use for joining plaster boards together and then plastering. Because I love squares. Like, in a really big way. And mesh tape is just a great big roll of squares. And I…

  • Mayo Prints

    Thirty of my paintings of Mayo are available as prints. They are from around the county, both of towns and rural. This link is to the Art Prints, but you will see they are also available on mugs and cushions among many items, as well as other formats for the prints such as on metal…