To the Cathedral, Barcelona 2003



To the Cathedral, 2003, Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 ins 

Wandering the gothic quarter, glimpsing an oasis of green in the old city,
from a shaded walkway. 

The Road to Cordoba

 The road to Cordoba
    Oil on canvas
 20 x 30 ins \ 51 x 76 cm

'Well tough I know the road I know I will never reach Cordoba....'
   Federico Garcia Lorca,
 (The great Spanish poet murdered by fascists 1936) 

Summer Headland 2003 / 04

 Summer Headland 2003 / 04
Oil on canvas
 26 x 22 ins \   66 x 56 cm

Out by West Cork we drove down laneways on a remote headland 
to where the fields ran down to a landfall
poised from a great height over the roaring Atlantic, the land blazed with midsummer sunlight, heat 
glaring up, the waves thundering spray below. 

Sliabh Na Ri

  Sliabh Na Ri, Oil on canvas, 16 x 20 ins \ 41 x 51 cm

Path to the well,

Path to the well 2008 / 12
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 ins \ 61 x 46 cm

Irish Mummers, St Patrick's Weekend, 2012

    Irish Mummers,
Oil on paper, 16.5 x 23 ins  \ 41 x 59 cm

Archive - Malta Nocturne 2000

Malta Nocturne, 2000
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 ins
Private Collection 

At night you felt the blaze of heat fade away, 
looking out on the Libyan sea from a burnt out coast,
 knowing Africa lay out there somewhere, a heat mirage on the horizon.

New Work in the studio - An Tra Ban I -III

An Tra Ban I - III
Oil on board
9 x 9 ins (each)

My Seville Oranges with Alan Ridout: Suite in 3 movimenti (1974)

My Winter Still-life '05 with music by Gordon Jacob