MY INSPIRATION

( Slea Head, Dingle Ireland ) Acrylic on three 12x12 canvases.

Varnish on the canvases which will protect the canvas and does not yellow.

The Dingle Peninsula is gorgeous and we got our first look at a few HUGE cliffs (if you’ve ever seen the movies “Ryan’s Daughter” or “Far and Away”…they were both filmed here and will give you an idea of the beauty). The painting above, are three separate paintings- created to be hung together.



It begins with pictures, a book or a film. Planning a trip to get inspired by the brush is one of the most exciting things for me to do. I can’t get enough of the architecture, the art, the history, not to mention the food and wine. By the end of the day I want to paint everything I see and just end up crashing into bed.

I also love history, that is what draws me to get the inspiration to paint a castle, a manor house, or an old farm.
While in the studio painting from my pictures or sketches from my trips, brings me back to the place and time I took the picture.
“The feeling that I’m back on my travels again.”
I find myself sometimes just wanting to visit a place or to go on a walk close to home.

As an artist that is for me I need to have the four seasons. I know when a lot of people complain about the rain, I have to say…”I love it” and I know another season is around the corner. The fall is wonderful, so many colors, the landscapes are beautiful, I can smell autumn in the air with pumpkin pie, soup and sandwich or a roast in the oven. Lots of candles burning, classical music in the background and I’m in my studio creating with the brush in one hand and a glass of wine in the other.

So when you see my artwork, you will then feel what I see. The magic that happens when put on the paper.