Marine Oil Paintings

Dusk over Dun Laoghaire from West Pier

This is a painting that was done early this spring when the sunlight was relatively low and strong with very bright rays of  light that beamed right over the silhouetted buildings and landscape behind the water. I took a photo first for reference this is purely ‘guidelines’ to map me through the painting. The reflection of sunlight on the water is surprisingly as strong as it is in the sky! This is where the photo was a helpful relief. Steeples of churches always add a poignant symbol of  faith and tremendous beauty in my opinion.

Yachts in Full Sun. Dun Laoighaire Pier

Sun always fascinated me. Here is no exception. Unlike the top painting, here you have boats and yachts in full sunlight showing the beauty of colour against their hulls and cabins. I particularly love the white yachts at the rear, what you see is pure whites against the deep azure like colour of the water. This contrast in colour is a stark reminder of the beauty of our ever changing sky in Ireland. When i finished a brief sketch of this the sky was completely changed again! I loved painting the solo pleasure boat in the fore ground in particular as it’s so simply painted without too much fuss.