Window Cleaner

Window Cleaner

Another quick study.  The reflections are tough to capture. 

Red Pepper

Red Pepper 

A painting of my homegrown bellboy pepper.  I have one plant producing these on my windowsill beside my computer.  I got 3 peppers off it over the growing season.  It is flowering again but don't think that I will get any more this year.  Will keep you posted.  

 

Lemon Sherbert Sweet

Lemon sherbert sweet

This was a quick effort at capturing the esence of what it means to be a lemon sherbert sweet.  I think I just about got as deep as the wrapper. 

Lizard glow

Lizard

Did this quick and derty and I guess it shows. Ah well. 

Strongbow and Aoife

The painting Marriage of Strongbow and Aoife (Daniel Maclise in1854) has recently undergone restoration by the National Gallery of Ireland.

This large picture depicts the marriage of Strongbow (a Norman lord, Strongbow cider is named after him) to Aoife the daughter of an Irish chieftian and took part in Waterford. It captures the start of Norman rule in Ireland and a period of foreign rule which continued until the early 20th centuary. The wedding was arranged in return for militatry assistance. In some respects foreign rule has returned to Ireland in the form of the Troika due to financial cataclysm that has occurred here and freedoms have been exchanged for loans.

A representation of Reginalds tower is visible behind the couple. You can visit Reginalds tower. The galleries website has a lot of information available on the background and restoration of the painting.