"Irish Cottage"

Avril Brand

"Irish Cottage"

Oil painting on canvas (sold). “Irish Cottage” shows life in Ireland many, many years ago. I saw an old photograph of this cottage and adapted the scene as I imagined it.

The woman sits outside, catching a few rays of sunshine while her husband, most likely a fisherman takes a break. A small pile of peat is stacked against the wall and the thatched roof is in need of repair.

Imagination is such a wonderful tool for an artist! Our little Irish cottage in the lovely county Clare must have looked like this one!

Wildlife, landscapes and Irish life paintings by Avril Brand

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"Irish Cottage" by Avril Brand
"Irish Cottage" by Avril Brand
  • Mar Silva

    Mar Silva

    Wow- this is really amazing work!

  • Avril Brand

    Avril Brand

    Thank you Mar!!

  • Macky

    Macky

    Beautiful piece Avril, love your description too!!!

  • Avril Brand

    Avril Brand

    Thank you Macky!

  • Pat Abbott

    Pat Abbott

    Very charming and lovely work!

  • Avril Brand

    Avril Brand

    Thanks Pat :-)

  • George Lenz

    George Lenz

    nice art piece.

  • barnsis

    barnsis

    Almazing details, love the feeling here, great color and perspective Love it.

  • Eyeleen

    Eyeleen

    When life was simple and this painting depicts it! Wonderful!!!!

  • Gary L. Suddath

    Gary L. Suddath

    fantastic work,beautiful

  • A90Six

    A90Six

    Hi avril, Remainds me so much of my grandfather’s, granduncles’ and great-grandfaters’ houses from back when I was a wandering seven or eight year-old lad, strolling around the countryside without a care in the world. Thank for the memories! :) Tony.

  • Avril Brand

    Avril Brand

    Thank you George, barnsis, Eyeleen, Gary and Tony :-) Our little house in Clare looked very similar to this one before it was renovated. I fell in love with the old cottage the moment I saw it! It also reminds me of the old fishermen houses on the west coast of South Africa.

  • C J Hummel - Foxfire Gallery

    C J Hummel - ...

    Another stunning piece of art!

  • Avril Brand

    Avril Brand

    Oh thanks, CJ!!

  • Arie van der Wijst

    Arie van der W...

    Gorgeous painting Avril! Wonderful cottage!

  • Avril Brand

    Avril Brand

    Oh Arie, thank you so much!

  • Arie van der Wijst

    Arie van der W...

    If I may place a remark? You should use the reply button right underneath every comment, the people who comment get a little message that you replied on that. You can delete this message if you want to.

  • Avril Brand replied

    Thank you, Arie! I did not know that and I really appreciate your help :-)

  • Arie van der Wijst

    Arie van der W...

    See…that works well!

  • Arie van der Wijst

    Arie van der W...

    And your welcome!

  • Maria Murphy

    Maria Murphy

    THIS IS AWESOME, some parts of Ireland is still like this ! You captured it well !!!!!

  • Avril Brand replied

    Thank you Maria. Yes, indeed. There are many little cottages like this one in county Clare, for instance. Our little cottage looked like this many years ago.

  • Ginger Barritt

    Ginger Barritt

    This is so beautiful! I would love to see something like this in person…...beautiful!

  • Avril Brand replied

    Ginger, you will have to come over to Clare! There are many ruins but there is also a fascinating folk park at Bunratty Castle where people can see the various life styles of Clare. Amongst others, what it was like to live in a cottage like this one.

  • Helene Kippert

    Helene Kippert

    Very beautiful!

  • Avril Brand replied

    Thank you, Helene… big hug for the support!

  • hilarydougill

    hilarydougill

    wonderful artwork and wonderfully well done. Glorious imagery and colours. Beautiful picture. hugs

  • Avril Brand replied

    Oh thanks, Hilary :-)

  • poupoune

    poupoune

    gorgeous … the buyer is a very lucky person!

  • Avril Brand replied

    LOL… I held a sale of my paintings and this one went for little bit more than the price of the frame! Just so that I could afford another frame.

  • Irene Burdell

    Irene Burdell

    Stunning artwork.

  • Avril Brand replied

    Thank you so much, Irene

  • jacqi

    jacqi

    This is so pretty!

  • Clive King

    Clive King

    Hilary pointed me in your direction. I have looked at your work and it’s wonderful, but this is a stunner.

  • Avril Brand replied

    Thanks so much, Clive! And big hug to Hilary!

  • Janis Zroback

    Janis Zroback

    Absolutely beautiful scene..so evocative of all that I’ve read of Ireland and the many shows we’ve seen here that are set in that lovely country….I can almost smell the peat…

  • Avril Brand replied

    Oh thank you, Janis. Your art is so stunning. We still use peat… we have the old range in the kitchen and NOTHING beats cooking on the range. The smell of peat is quite unique and I love it.

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    Graeme Pettit ...

    Super scene

  • saleire

    saleire

    Love it…makes me homesick :O)

  • SharonAHenson

    SharonAHenson

    Lovely painting !

  • Sean Farragher

    Sean Farragher

    beautiful work

  • Estelle O'Brien

    Estelle O'Brien

    Beautiful painting Avril. Would you consider putting it in the Fine Art group? Your work would be very much appreciated there. I also cook on a wood stove and I love it, though we don’t have peat!

  • Avril Brand replied

    Hi Estelle… I put it in the Fine Art group… thanks. Yes… nothing beats old fashioned cooking. I think we feel more in touch with food when there is a fire to cook with.

  • Avril Brand

    Avril Brand

    Thank you very much for the kind comments!
    :-)

  • webbie

    webbie

    Just awsome…love this just homie looking:)great job Avril:)

  • Christina Martin

    Christina Martin

    Fabulous work

  • Jen Whyte

    Jen Whyte

    What a fabulous iconic piece of art … wonderful

  • Avril Brand

    Avril Brand

    Thanks so much webbie :-), Christina and Jen!

  • Wildwings

    Wildwings

    A delightful composition. I really like your choice of colors. Wonderful work. This goes immediately into my collection of favorites. I hope that you enjoy viewing my portfolio as much as I enjoyed viewing yours.

  • Avril Brand replied

    Thank you Wildwings, your work is stunning!

  • Sean Farragher

    Sean Farragher

    i know i was here before,,,,,,,,,,but it is beautiful

  • Avril Brand replied

    Sean… chances are there was a house just like this one not so long ago in your past! :-)

  • TREVOR IRWIN

    TREVOR IRWIN

    This reminds me of my Grandmothers cottage where i was born and raised in Co Tyrone. Detail is perfect. This is to marvellous for words to describe

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  • Avril Brand replied

    Thank you Trevor… that is very kind of you!

  • ian taylor

    ian taylor

    great art work, fantastic landscape

  • sonjas

    sonjas

    So beautiful. Well done.

  • SHEDART

    SHEDART

    love this one Avril with what seems to be a very limited pallete

  • Avril Brand replied

    Thank you, James. Yes.. this is quite a bleak painting – I tried to recreate that feeling of hardship

  • AnitaInverarity

    AnitaInverarity

    This is so lovely- captures a pace of life that must have been hard work but hopefully free from modern stresses.
    Very atmospheric x

  • Avril Brand replied

    Thank you, Anita. Yes… times were hard then but the pace was slower!

  • Paulette x

    Paulette x

    Lovely work Avril

  • Avril Brand replied

    Thanks Paulette… there are still some of these old cottages in Ireland… I remembered a special place that I will tell you about when you come over to visit County Clare again!!

  • Paulette x

    Paulette x

    Lovely, I’ll look forward to it x

  • Johann

    Johann

    Dalk jou eerste Afrikaanse kommentaar. Dis pragtig gedoen. Ek het vir ‘n oomblik gedink dit is waar julle bly!! Hoe dit ookal sy, as jy net so ‘n plekkie vir my kry – met internet natuurlik – dan is ek more daar. Daar sal jy nou kan oud word op die ou manier.

  • Avril Brand replied

    Baie dankie vir jou kommentaar, Johann! Daar is baie sulke ou plekkies in Ierland en ja, mense hier raak baie ouer as ons folk in SA!

  • Siobhan Knox

    Siobhan Knox

    very quaint! love it!

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