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MEGALITHS


I have had a great interest for many years in megaliths and ancient sacred sites, particularly in Ireland. They hold a universal appeal and their symbolism is very powerful. As a watercolourist, I find this medium very well suited to expressing the spirit of these magical places, as the water moves in ways that cannot always be controlled, thus allowing for that element, the unknown, to appear.
We can never understand exactly why they were erected, and for what purpose. That is part of their fascination for us. We do know certainly that their builders had an advanced knowledge of astronomy. We moderns can only pay homage to the ancients as we struggle to interpret their mighty work which has lasted through thousands of years. And so for the artist it is an incredible channel, a means of connecting with our long distant past, and with our ancestors.

All of these paintings of Dolmens , Standing Stones & Portals, express the energies & mysterious forces that are present in these massive arrangements of ancient stones.

“...we stand and marvel at these ancient sites and this is how it should be because these unlikely masses of stone – heaved, levered and shoved into place - these temples of stone are testaments to our ancestors quest for knowledge and to their ability to change the world”
- Carleton Jones, 'Temples of Stone, Exploring the Megalithic tombs of Ireland'

“...all that was divine in the land retreated to the grave-mounds and to the lonely places”
- John Moriarty, ‘Invoking Ireland’
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MEGALITHS

  • Dolmen Seascape

    Watercolour 32 × 25 cms

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  • Dolmen With Red Sky

    Watercolour 32 × 25 cms

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  • Poulnabrone Dolmen, Spirit Of The Boar

    Watercolour 75 × 55 cms

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  • Megalithic Dawn

    Watercolour 35 × 24 cms

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  • Solstice At Eightercua

    Oil on Canvas 1 × 40 cms

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  • Dolmen Amongst Ancient Ruins

    Watercolour 75 × 55 cms

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  • Transmission,Spirit Of Erannan

    Watercolour 75 × 55 cms

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  • Dolmen , Flight Of The Eagle

    Watercolour 75 × 45 cms

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  • Light Upon Ancient Ruins

    Watercolour 24 × 35 cms

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  • Return Of The Light

    Watercolour 24 × 35 cms

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  • Eightercua Alignment

    Oil on Canvas 98 × 30 cms

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  • MidWinter Solstice

    Watercolour 35 × 24 cms

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  • Stonehenge

    Watercolour 35 × 24 cms

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  • Across The Bay Gods Lie

    Pastel 75 × 55 cms

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  • Dolmen, Lift Off

    Watercolour 62 × 45 cms

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  • The Eightercua Alignment

    Oil on Canvas 98 × 30 cms

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  • Sleeping Dragon

    Charcoal 38 × 28 cms

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  • Menec Alignment, Brittany

    Graphite

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  • Menec Alignment II

    Graphite

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  • Kerioned Dolmen Brittany

    Charcoal

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  • Keriaval Dolmen, Brittany

    Charcoal

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Paintings and fine art prints reflecting Ireland's mystical landscape
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