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A window of an traditional country farm cottage in Ireland. Nice whitewashed wall on this shot..
Poulnabrone dolmen is a 5,000 year old portal tomb in the limestone Burren area of County Clare, Ireland. The dolmen consists of a massive flat capstone supported on several upright pillars, and would originally have been covered by a mound of earth. Archeological excavations found several traces of human remains at the burial site, which now stands as a stark reminder of an ancient civilisation. Looking back through the mists of time, who knows what ancient religious rites took place at this barren and windswept scene? Winner of the Heritage in Stone group challenge Stone Circles and Standing Stones.
This is obviously not an original idea, and I want to thank both ECGardner and Angelique Brunas for their works along these lines that motivated me to explore my own creativity. I hope they do not mind my using their work as a basis for my inspiration, and I am still working to achieve the balance, beauty, and artistry they have exhibited through their respective nature based collages! I will give folks a while to guess what the various panes are comprised of, they should be pretty easy to figure out, later I will insert the proper descriptions of their contents. As always I can not say often enough how wonderful the Redbubble community is and how happy I am to have found it during it’s infancy so that I may grow along with it into a more complete and accomplished artist! / / / / Portfolio Areas / / Tigers / Wildlife / Macro / Landscape / Birds / Abstracts / Cats~wild and domestic
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Taken from the old sawmill site on Payette Lake in McCall, Idaho… /
This creation has been inspired by the Traditional Irish Song : Skibbereen. I focused here on the old and happy times while they where living in Skibbereen, in Dear Ireland. / It’s like an instant shot of the father’s memory, when he was happy, he remembers the good days when his wife was alive. / We all have photographies of people we love. That’s what i wanted to show here, a positive touch while the song is so sad! . Yet sold 1 poster and 1 card of this creation. My gallery is Copyright © Wandering Soul. All rights reserved. / All the materials contained in my gallery may not be reproduced, copied, edited, published, transmitted or uploaded in any way without my written permission. My images do not belong to the public domain. / Please read the Etiquette Policy and respect it! / Modifying, tubing, cropping, using it for letters or stationeries, layouts, backgrounds, stock, copyrighting, stealing my work is not only against the law but unethical. / Altaring or using without express written permission is stealing. View More ART here!
Just in time for St. Patty’s day. / In Canada, Saint Patrick’s Day is an official holiday only in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Text inspired by the Dropkick Murphys song.
Sunset of Irish Industial Landscape
Im a drinker not a fighter t shirt.
Happy St Patrick’s Day everybody
This painting represents the transformation of the goddess Boann into the River Boyne. Boann’s husband was Nechtan, who was keeper of the sacred well Segais (the Well of Wisdom). Around the well grew nine magical hazel trees, from which grew magical crimson hazelnuts. The nuts fell into the well feeding the five colorful salmon that lived inside the well. Each salmon represented wisdom obtained through the five senses and had distinctive crimson spots on their bellies from eating the hazelnuts. All, but Nectan and his assistants, were forbidden to approach the well. This restriction irked Boann, and she decided one day to approach the well. To spite her husband, whom she believed greedily coveted the well, Boann approached the well counter clockwise. But what she didn’t know is that the well itself had specific conditions in which one could gaze into it. One must approach clockwise three times before looking straight and steadily into the well or one’s eyes would burst from the power of the wisdom contained within. Boann peered cautiously into the well, which caused the water to rise angrily and it took one of her eyes. Because she approached the well counter clockwise, she had further angered the waters and so the well erupted with a torrent. Boann fled from the rushing waters losing an arm and a leg before the angry waters reached the sea, leaving behind a 70 mile long river, now called the Boyne River. Having lost one eye, one arm, and one leg, Boann was transformed. She existed from that point on somewhere half in and half out of the physical world. She became the soul of the river, but also something much more powerful. For when she released the waters of Segais, she freed the salmon of knowledge into the world. Now humans had access to the wisdom reserved only for the gods. Anyone who ate the flesh of the salmon, instantly possessed the knowledge they contained. Boann then became the patron goddess of poetic and spiritual inspiration. Her influence bridges the gap in the wisdom of mind to allow the feminine nature in each of us to stream into our being. Her sacrifice represents the transformation of the self that is required for wisdom to enter. Her essence is present in all rivers. To call upon her, one must simply invoke her name while sitting next to a river and listen with a clear mind and an open soul. Her gift of wisdom will transform you. (Original Sold: 18×24, ink on canvas)
ORIGINAL FOR SALE $2800 plus P&H From the original Mandala, acrylic 100cm x 100cm with metallic and glitter overlays. The Hallows of Ireland The Morrigan – Samhain / Triple Goddess; Great Queen; Warrior Queen; Queen of War and Death; Shapeshifter (Raven/Crow); Protector; Goddess of Fertility / Bearing Claiomh Solais (The sword of light and death) / Wife of The Dagda The Dagda – Beltane / Master of Magic; Fearsome Warrior; Skilled Artisan / Guardian of Coire Anseasc, the never empty cauldron with healing powers / Master of the Harp / Husband to The Morrigan / Son of Danu / Father of Brigid Brigid – Imbolc / Exalted One; Bright Goddess; Goddess of healers, poets, smiths, women; Keeper of prophecies and dreams; The Flame of Ireland; Keeper of sacred wells and sacred earth; Goddess of Spring / Carrying Brigids Cross; Keeper of Lia Fail, the stone of destiny and coronation Danu – Lughnasadh / Great Mother; Goddess of faery ways; Goddess of fertility and wisdom; Goddess of Imagination; Earth Mother; Matriarch of the Tuatha De Danaan; Goddess of wealth and abundance / Carries the Spear Luin, the spear of might and light I never know where these Mandalas come from… All I know with this one is that I woke up one morning and The Morrigan was standing at the foot of my bed and the entire image was in my head and I just had to paint it… Now it sits on my wall and I look at it and wonder… Recently, while looking at this mandala, I saw that the big oak trees painted either sides of the four figures were forming the shape of the celtic cross underneath the sun cross… the more I look at this mandala, the more comes to me. I woke up one morning and came out into the kitchen just after I had finished this work and the rainbow was spot on the stone of destiny! It was goosepimple stuff, I tell you! The spirits walked my house that morning! These big powerful mandalas are connections… connections with spirit, connections with others, connections with myself. My ancient celtic ancestry is in full bloom… ALL RIGHTS RESERVED! Please DO NOT COPY this picture. It is protected in more ways than one… Cheers:) Marg
Our friend Andy. /
Colour pencils, gouache on ColorFix paper / 4”x6”
Oil painting on canvas (original sold) I painted this scene of an Irish village several years ago, adapted from an old photograph dating from probably the late 1800’s to early 1900’s. The man with the cart is probably a trader, the young woman looks on while the elderly folk take in the sun and watch the activity in the village. Interesting to see the various buildings, from poor thatched cottages to well built stone (shops?) and wealthy mansions. In Ireland today, many of these building would still exist. I live in an old cottage which once had a thatched roof and probably looked pretty much like the one in the painting. The slate roofs can still be seen in some places and the shops and stores still look very much the same… double glazed windows replace the old wooden frames and inside its very modern but walk through any old Irish village or town and you will see that the old buildings are still there. Driving through an old village is a nightmare… the road is narrow and will swerve because, as in this painting, a building could jut out into the road. Slow down world!! Bring back the donkey and cart, I say!!! :-)
Parody beer logo for Barack Obama
Ballybunion, Ireland, on the beach, sundown. FEATURED in: / ‘Ireland’ November ‘08 / ‘Featuring the Shadows Photography’ Nov & Dec ‘08 / ‘Stillness Speaks’, January ‘09 / ‘First Things’, April ‘09 / ‘Your Magic Place’ May ‘09 with thanks! COMPETITION WINNER: Mood & Ambience, May ‘09 Canon EOS 400D / Shutter speed 1/640 / AV 20 / ISO 100 / No flash
Oils on canvas (27.5×19.5 inches) (original sold) Autumn in Ireland… and the colours are beautiful. This is a peaceful scene depicting the Irish countryside. However, there is always something about to happen in nature – if we just wait long enough! Thank you to Maria Murphy for allowing me to use her lovely photo as reference for this painting!! As usual, I love to weave a little story into a painting – I hope you like it! Below is the photo by Maria Murphy a wonderfully talented Irish girl!!
My Irish Setter (Tallow) having fun in the snow in order to get this shot I had to walk my dog knee deep in the orchard, have him sit and then retrace my steps on the way back. I did this so that when I took the photo you wouldn’t see my footsteps in front of Tallow (my dog). I did this 3 times and then ran out of orchard. This was the best of about 50 shots. I guess I should have planned ahead and shot at a different angle so that the trees weren’t shown behind him Challenges / 1st place Challenge Winner Mans best friend’s (It’s winter time) 5th place in What makes ME happy in the group Who ARE you to Judge? 4th place in “Running Dogs and Cats” in Cats and Dogs group challenge 5th place in “Avatar Challenge- Action!” in phoDOGraphy 5th place in Pet’s in Action (Paws N Claws group) 2nd place in “Your Beautiful Pets” in Canon Vs Nikon group 1st place in “5 or more Features, Dogs and Cats only” in the group Paws n Claws / Sept 9, 2009 / Wait for me Featured in / Speed / Mans Best Friend’s (Dogs only) / Cats and Dogs (1 per day) / phoDOGraphy Aug 28, 2009 / Animals in Action Aug 28, 2009 / JPG Cast-Offs Aug 29, 2009 / Bits and Pieces Sept 2, 2009 / Snow! Glorious Snow Sept 13, 2009 as of Nov 3, 2009, this photo was viewed 814 times
Artwork from Ireland. I came across this little old cottage in The Aran Islands off the coast of County Clare/ County Galway on the west coast of Ireland. I’m sure there was a pot of tea brewing on the stove there many many years ago. These tiny fields are dating from The Great Irish Famine of the 1840’s Ireland. That’s the sea in the background. This image has been colour enhanced digitally for more dramatic effect. / Featured on the RedBubble Homepage on 17th/18th March: / Featured in: Cottage Style – 13th March 2009. Featured in: Going Coastal – 15th March 2009. Featured in: The Beginner’s Corner – 17th May 2009.
/ When I was travelling in Ireland, I came across a gravestone that had the celtic cross on it. I took a picture of it and well, here it is. Featured In: My Child’s Art / Experimental Photography & Editing / Ireland
Oils on canvas (original sold) commission by a good friend as a gift for a good friend. I really enjoyed this painting and will perhaps do more scenes of Irish Bluebells in future.
Model – lardacil-stock / Background – Fairiegoodmother / Texture – forzassss Oliver – Jean Jean, Jean, roses are red / All the leaves have gone green / And the clouds are so low / You can touch them, and so / Come out to the meadow, Jean Jean, Jean, you’re young and alive / Come out of your half-dreamed dream / And run, if you will, to the top of the hill / Open your arms, bonnie Jean Till the sheep in the valley come home my way / Till the stars fall around me and find me alone / When the sun comes a-singin’ I’ll still be waitin’ For Jean, Jean, roses are red / And all of the leaves have gone green / While the hills are ablaze with the moon’s yellow haze / Come into my arms, bonnie Jean (Jean, Jean) / Jean, you’re young and alive!! / Come out of your half-dreamed dream / And run, if you will to the top of the hill / Come into my arms, bonnie Jean Jean La-la-la-la [etc.]
Looking out to sea at Llandulas at Colwyn Bay , North Wales.
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