Ballycroy, County Mayo, Ireland

This painting came out of a time I was cycling through Ballycroy and found I was making little progress because I kept stopping the bike and looking backwards - for ages. Why do I have this landscape to myself, I asked my tired bicycle? Then I cycled on, but slowly, stopping and going and stopping and going again. It’s too nice to leave it I said, looking back at the bog and the mountains I had just cycled past. I could stay here forever, I said. Then I got a puncture. I can’t speak highly enough of the beauty of Ballycroy – the newest of Ireland’s National Parks (established in 1998) though a few years ago it was renamed Wild Nephin as it expanded into the Nephin Beg mountains. And since it’s a National Park you don’t need to trust me – you can just go.

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