Friday, March 30, 2012

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. 

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Thursday, March 29, 2012

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) 
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Monday, March 26, 2012

Summer Headland 2003 / 04


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

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Monday, March 12, 2012

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.



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