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Inspired by a forest walk in early winter, I wanted to capture the brightness of the still-autumn...

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012

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Ivy again, I love it winter! Watercolour on Arches CP 140lb paper

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012

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The new year has gotten off to a good start and in these clines (Ireland) it almost feels...

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Uploaded on Jan 21, 2012

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Uploaded on Sep 25, 2011

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Uploaded on Sep 25, 2011

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This one started off its life as a loose wash ( #82 for the 100 washes blog) of quinacridone gold,...

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Uploaded on Aug 23, 2011

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This was a fun exercise in loosening up with a bunch of vine tomatoes, without a preliminary sketch....

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Uploaded on Aug 15, 2011

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An arrangement of Tutsan (also known as Rose of Sharon) from the St. John's Wort family and wild red...

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Uploaded on Aug 14, 2011

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A revisit to another of my own favourites, a climbing rose at the Irish Musuem of Modern Art. Watercolour on Arches 140 lb cp paper.

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Uploaded on Aug 14, 2011

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From another sketch done in a friends garden, where the apples jave never been pruned and resemble...

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Uploaded on Aug 14, 2011

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After selling my first painting of rhodedendron leaves in winter (hurray!), I found I...

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Uploaded on Aug 2, 2011

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A friend of mine has a wonderful garden. It is mostly paved with large flat paving stones,...

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Uploaded on Aug 2, 2011

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Everthing in Ireland has been so slow to grow this year due to bad weather. We should be eating the...

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Uploaded on Jul 19, 2011

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I love the way the red currants peep out from under a canopy of leaves, like little...

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Uploaded on Jun 12, 2011

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A great day out sketching with the Dublin Sketchers in IMMA - the Irish museum of modern art. We'd...

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Uploaded on May 26, 2011

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The garden has really started to take off in the last few weeks, it's almost as if you can...

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Uploaded on May 15, 2011

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My interpretation of a photot of a wild cherry tree and fruit - alas not from life. But it's all practise! Watercolour on Arches CP 140lb paper

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Uploaded on May 2, 2011

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From a sketch of our own apple tree, done on a gorgeous spring day when the apple blossoms started...

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Uploaded on May 2, 2011

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