Watercolour Sketches

View of 'The Wicklow Way' - from Avoca, Co. Wicklow.

I’v been painting on and off for many years.I love this place called Avoca, Co. Wicklow. Its very much a wonderful County - especially in the summer when all the fields are in full sun. The changing colours of the fields. Nature running riot. Viewing a badger running for cover through briar’s is a ’sight for sore eyes’: what a lovely animal. This is the advantages of painting outdoors. The back round is the backside of the Sugar loaf  (mountain). This County is beautiful

'Murky friday morning, the icebox'

I know this is a ‘normal inclusion’ of this scene, but, i love this place. To be honest, i really feel it’s my back yard! I love the smell of the fish, the chatter from the fishermen..(who are saints i think) and the call of the gulls hovering above the trawlers. If you look hard: you’ll see no people - it was raining and everyone literary scattered for their cars. Luckily i was safe behind the wheel of mine. This was painted in about…30/40 minutes.