Woolen Hills

Acrylic on canvas

12 x 12  inches, 1.5 inch depth

Signed on front and back.

Varnished with UV protective acrylic varnish.

Framed in an unfinished maple wood gallery float frame. Wired for hanging.

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About this Painting:

This is a thickly textured, abstract landscape done in loose painterly strokes. The palette of soft greens, blues and ochre features loosely drawn land and sky with a white cottage in the foreground. An ode to the land where my father’s family comes from in western Ireland. Woolen Hills is part of the 2023 collection, “Places To Be” and pairs beautifully with Into the West.

About the Places To Be Collection:

I began this 14 piece collection on the heels of a family trip to Ireland. I fell in love with our experience there…the epic landscapes, the familiarity of the people and the deep connection to the music. At this time my family also planted roots in a small town in Wisconsin, purchasing a cottage as our escape from daily life living close to the city. The cottage became my muse while I simultaneously painted this collection. And as I began my usual process of creating a body of abstract expressionist work…the line work, creating the shapes, finding the composition, the layering, drawing, the scratching away and layering again…landscapes began to emerge. Meanwhile, my daughter, who loves impressionist painters began sharing her  favorite pieces and lo and behold, I found impressionist brushwork entering the process.

This collection is dear to my heart…a diary of the last year and a half and a love letter to the land. It’s an ode to nesting and nature. Finding refuge in the countryside, inspired by the rolling green hills of my ancestral Ireland and our cottage life in rural Wisconsin. Green patchwork windswept landscapes, blue skies and my favorite thing in the world…home.