Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ireland. Show all posts

Saturday, March 30, 2019

"It's Raining Outside" by Lynda Cookson

"It's Raining Outside" is an instant download image from an original oil painting on board by Lynda Cookson.

The original painting is for sale as well and can be found HERE : "It's Raining Outside"

Sitting in a hotel conservatory one rainy day in Co Galway (Connemara) Ireland, with the rain spattering loudly on the glass of the conservatory, the only happy subject to be painted was a stunning potted plant of white geraniums. This is it. It captures both the beauty of the flowers and the wet feeling of the rainy day.


 





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Thursday, March 21, 2019

"Irish Cottage" by Lynda Cookson

Everyone has a soft spot for Ireland and you can still find quaint old thatched roof cottages like this one, set in beautiful flower gardens, in villages all around Ireland.
The link here is to an instant image download of "Irish Cottage" but the original is also available as it's just dry enough now to go into stock. Oil on stretched canvas.
To purchase the original of "Irish Cottage" CLICK HERE
or
To purchase the instant digital image download of "Irish Cottage" CLICK HERE





To purchase the original of "Irish Cottage" CLICK HERE
or
To purchase the instant digital image download of "Irish Cottage" CLICK HERE
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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

"Ruin Above the Mist" was inspired by the wide open spaces, the big skies, where ancient ruins watch out over the lands in Ireland.

It's damp and cool where the blues, greens and grey rule. Crispness dominates in both temperature and view clarity. Ireland breaks all the gauges when it comes to measuring beauty ... too much to measure!

"Ruin Above the Mist" can be downloaded here, just CLICK





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Sunday, January 20, 2019

"Ancient Spirits of Connemara" by Lynda Cookson

I'm pretty sure I still have this little painting in my stock room somewhere.

We lived in Connemara for many years and absorbed the magic of the ancient history there ... with the help of some stunning and mystical weather.

"Ancient Spirits of Connemara" is inspired by the view from my studio there and I smile inside every time I look at this image.


"Ancient Spirits of Connemara" by Lynda Cookson



Friday, January 18, 2019

"Glebe House, Co Donegal, Ireland" by Lynda Cookson

I was recently reminded of a little trio I painted whilst traveling in Ireland a few years ago. Glebe House in Co Donegal which stands at the edge of Lough Gartan was the inspiration for these minis.



"Glebe House, Co Donegal, Ireland" by Lynda Cookson



"Gartan Lough"


"Glebe House"


"River Reeds"





Friday, June 1, 2018

"Shelly Sheep" by Lynda Cookson

Shelly the sheep was a daft animal who lived in the fields next to our house in Ireland. She would occasionally find a way to go AWOL from her field and come and stare me out through my studio window, slobbering on the glass. She had that wonderful, bossy stare that those black-faced sheep seem to know how to do so well!

"Shelly Sheep"
Oil on Board
10" x 10" (25.5 x 25.5 cm)


"Shelly Sheep" by Lynda Cookson




Friday, May 11, 2018

"Killary Fjord with Rhodedendrons" by Lynda Cookson

This is from a mini series I did in Ireland. This one is from Leenane in Connemara where Killary Fjord is the only fjord in Ireland.

I'm thinking of doing more minis (4" x 4") soon ... perhaps of harbour scenes here in Brittany. Perhaps putting this up here will get me going!! LOL


"Killary Fjord and Rhodedendrons" by Lynda Cookson 


 
"Killary Fjord and Rhodedendrons" by Lynda Cookson 



Thursday, March 1, 2018

"Cottage in the Hills" by Lynda Cookson

A double challenge for me - watercolour is always a challenge, and this is Painting no. 22 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.

Inspired by my years living in Connemara in Ireland :

"Cottage in the Hills"
Watercolour on Paper
10" x 14" (25 cm x 36 cm)

"Cottage in the Hills" by Lynda Cookson

All the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge paintings are for sale here :


Tuesday, January 23, 2018

"Dipped in Cream" by Lynda Cookson

A palette knife was used in this painting to mainly to move the white background to places I wanted it to be. The other colours were dropped in.

"Dipped in Cream" is now at The Gaslamp Gallery in Gorey, Co. Wexford, Ireland and will be featured in their Spring exhibition.

The Gaslamp Gallery : http://www.thegaslampgallery.com


 "Dipped in Cream" by Lynda Cookson

Detail of  "Dipped in Cream" by Lynda Cookson

Detail of  "Dipped in Cream" by Lynda Cookson


Sunday, January 21, 2018

"Petunia Pair" by Lynda Cookson

It's amazing how often a palette knife is picked up and used during the creation of mixed-tool paintings.

"Petunia Pair" - which is now being exhibited by The Gaslamp Gallery in Gorey, Co. Wexford, Ireland - is just such an example. The white background was spread with my favourite palette knife and bits and parts of the flowers were encouraged into place using that same palette knife ... and the other tools are a mystery! LOL Simply because I can't remember what I used!!

So often a painting is created while I'm in a sort of arty farty daze, instinctively using whatever medium or tool is necessary to create the final effect ... and, like a chef who doesn't use a recipe, it's hard to remember what was used, when someone asks at the end of the process!

You can access The Gaslamp Gallery website here: http://www.thegaslampgallery.com/
(You won't find my paintings up on the gallery at the moment as they are being held back for a Spring launching ... but they're there ... just ask!)


"Pair of Petunias" by Lynda Cookson





Thursday, January 18, 2018

"Looking Out to Sea" by Lynda Cookson

This little painting is on show at Gallery 1608 in Bushmills, Northern Ireland.

We live 300 metres from a secluded bay on one of the peninsulas of Brittany's west-as-west-can-go coastline in France. On a balmy summer's day, during a walk at "our" bay, the inspiration for "Looking Out to Sea" was born. How I wish I was as slim and young as this young slip of a girl!! LOL

You can contact Gallery 1608 here : info@gallery1608.co.uk
Or find their website here : http://www.gallery1608.co.uk/

"Looking Out to Sea" 

"Looking Out to Sea" framed



Sunday, June 25, 2017

"Piggy Sam" by Lynda Cookson

At the turn of the century, when we had just emigrated from SA to Ireland, and I was battling to absorb my new cool environment, I turned to humour in painting and created the Musical Piggy Collection. "Piggy Sue" and "Buddy Hoggy" were followed by "Pig Floyd" and "The Carpiggers". Finally - "Piggy Sam" whose slim connection to music came from "Play it again Sam"

"Piggy Sam" by Lynda Cookson

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Breaking Through by Lynda Cookson


"Breaking Through" ... I love this abstract. I can feel the sun, the warmth of that sun, a warm evening sky, the sea, and the white foam of the waves.

A residency at the restored stone cottage famine village of Cill Rialaig, near Ballinskelligs in Co Kerry, Ireland, was the inspiration for this acrylic on board. The strong winter wind whipped the foam from the top of the waves and blew it against the cliffs. That, together with the sense of all the ancient (and not so ancient) lives lived there created a very spiritual atmosphere. Absolutely wonderful weather and wonderful inspiration!

"Breaking Through" is for sale HERE ... or just click the image and you'll be taken through to the correct page where you'll find the price and the size of the painting.



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Monday, January 9, 2017

Hookers and Boats by Lynda Cookson


From my years living in the West of Ireland, it was always so special to spot a Galway Hooker plying the waves, often between the Aran Islands off Galway and into Galway Bay. I believe there is still at least one enthusiast still making and restoring Hookers.

Years ago, in the area we lived in (Connemara) the Hookers would be used to ferry turf (peat) and supplies from the mainland to islands like the three Aran Islands. I watched a video once of an old movie made whilst towing a horse across the bay between the islands and Galway. I didn't much like that, feeling awful for the poor horse, but those days were much harder than now, in that respect, so perhaps I shouldn't judge!

I've popped in a couple of watercolours of boats amongst the Hooker paintings below.




  


Happy New Year everyone!
Lynda


Saturday, July 30, 2016

The Road to Drogheda, Ireland by NY artist, Celeste Plowden

9x12 acrylic on canvas, This and more at

Thursday, July 28, 2016

Near Loughcrew, Ireland, by NY artist, Celeste Plowden

9x12 acrylic on canvas. this and more at my

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

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