The sea

Bigger Rock, 29 February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, approx 275mm x 190mm

Big Rock - Black Cloud, 29 February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, approx 275mm x 190mm

The Sea

Island out of the Sea 2, 19 February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Island out of the Sea 1, 19 February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Land

Grid Bay, 23 February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Bay1, 25 February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Bay, 25 February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Rock

High Rock 2, 19 February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

High Rock 1, 19 February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

The Sea

Réalt na Mara 14. The estuary, February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Réalt na Mara 13. Mainland, February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Réalt na Mara 12. February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Réalt na Mara 11. Island through rain, February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Réalt na Mara 10. View of the mainland, February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Réalt na Mara 9. View of an island, February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Réalt na Mara 8. Rock, February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Réalt na Mara 7. View of an island, February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Réalt na Mara 6. View of an island, February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Réalt na Mara 5. View of an island, February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Réalt na Mara 4. View from the boat, February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Réalt na Mara 3. View of an island, February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Réalt na Mara 2. View of an island, February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm


Réalt na Mara 1, February 2009,
acrylic on paper, approx 189mm x 140mm

Rock

Blackwater, 18 February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, 189mm x 140mm

The Sea

Estuary 4, February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, 188mm x 140mm

Estuary 2, February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, 188mm x 140mm


Estuary 1, February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, 188mm x 140mm

Estuary, February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, 188mm x 140mm


Estuary 3, February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper, 188mm x 140mm

Rock

An Island, 18 February 2009
acrylic and ink, 189mm x 140mm

Rock

Kerry Way, 28 January 2009
acrylic on paper, 188mm x 140mm

Rock

Cloud on Mangerton, 12 February 2009
acrylic and ink on paper 275mm x 190mm

Death

Death in Tottenham, 21 January 2009
acrylic and ink 19omm x 140mm

Small

Rat Death, 12 February 2009

1261

Detail. There was a Battle Here, January 2007. Acrylic and ink on paper, 380mm x 284mm

"The battle of Callan is... the decisive one in the history of Kerry. It effectively partitioned Kerry between the anglo-norman and the gaelic worlds, and kept the english influence out of south Kerry (and west Cork) for over 300 years." T.J. Barrington, Discovering Kerry.

The Sky

The War in Heaven, Lucifer and Michael slug it out.

Isaiah XIV

12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13 For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
15 Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.

King James Bible

The Sky

Three Antenna Trees, 12 February 2009
Acrylic o Paper, 140mm x 190mm

Engineer on a hill, 12 February, 2009
Acrylic o Paper, 140mm x 190mm


(detail) Something up on the Hill, 12 February 2009
acrylic on paper, original 190mm x 277mm

The Sea

Mountain Coming out of the Sea, 20 May 2000

Jack

Jack Sprung, anti-fascist, republican, socialist and poet was buried in Coventry on Friday 6 February 2009.

The Sea

Fisherman, 26 January 2009
You become a philosopher in ways because when the weather gets rough your life is at risk and you think about God and you think about yourself and your family and what you are doing in this world. You’ve a better understanding of the sea, of the weather, of the fish, the movement of fish, the seals, dolphins, seabirds. It’s an amazing place and it’s an amazing life and it’s an awful pity that young people now - because the fishing is in decline - won’t be able to go out and enjoy and feel what we have got from the sea. We must ask ourselves what are we doing in this world, how are we going to leave it to the next generation in the best possible shape?

Micheál O’Conchúir, fisherman, Ballyferriter

Night

Script in the Gutter

Grey

Gloves, May 2005