LANDSPEAK SERIES - 2024 to date

Tir na Driochta

The tale of Siadbh (pronounced Sive). Siadbh was rescued by the fearless warrior, leader of the Fianna, Fionn MacCool. He found her after she had been turned into a deer by a wicked druid and upon bringing her home she turned back into a beautiful woman, whom he married and had a son Oisin.She was warned never to leave the fort or she would turn back into a deer. One day when Fionn had been off travelling and fighting with Fianna, Siadbh was waiting longingly for him to return home. She thought she saw him coming along and ran to meet him, but it was the wicked druid and she turned back into a deer and ran away. never to be seen again. Fionn was hearbroken. Acrylic on canvas framed, 100x100cm.

Song of Amergin

A long time ago on a moonlit night, the Melisians arrived by boat to a white strand of beach in Kerry. They were the first Celts. Upon arrival and setting foot on the land, their bard - a sailor,poet and prince, Amergin, one of the sons of Mil, was so moved by what he saw and felt he threw his arms in the air and began reciting what is known as the Song of Amergin, and the very first Irish poem. This poem, although in old Irish, is still understood today. It is about our connection to everything. This painting is about that moment of arrival. Acrylic & gold leaf on canvas, framed. 80x80 cm

Ancient Forest

Walk along any beach here in south Kerry when the tide is out and you will see what look like sketches of trees along the sand. The pull of the sea leaves these marks. A whisper from ancient times when Ireland was covered in forests, a whisper that says "remember us". Acrylic on wood panel, framed 30x30 cm

Portals

There is a very special energy in here Kerry, known locally as The Kingdom, as it is reckoned to be the next best thing to the Kingdom of Heaven. This land where the veil is thin, where magic and energy portals are everywhere. Acrylic on wood panel, framed 30x30cm

Gra - Irish word for Love

St. Michaels Well

Fairy Fields

Some fields still belong to the fairies and we know this by the hawthorn trees, stone circles, small mounds, a mound with a single tree on it, a strange low lying mist among many other tells. Fairies like to play with humans and trick them, sometimes when they get up to mischief people have been known to get lost in a field, confused and unable to find their way out! they are said to have tripped on a stray sod. The only way to break this spell is to turn a jacket or jumper inside out.! Fairy Fields - acrylic on wood panel, framed. 30x30 cm

Ley Lines

Pilgrim Walk - Cnoc na dTobar

Mist

Sundown

This land where the veil is thin