June 2013 Blog Posts (10)

Another lovely day yesterday at one of the beaches near Sutton - Sally found some lovely wild roses and those grasses were magnificient 

A few more photos on flickr - this is the link 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/organize/?start_tab=sets…

Painting in the Park

Wexford is twinned with the municipality of Couëron in the Loire-Atlantique department of France, close to the city of Nantes.

This year five artists representing Wexford (Jim Doolan, Margaret Kent, Tom Roche, Sheila Ronan and George McHugh) attended a plein-air art festival in Couëron on the weekend of 15-16 June. The visitors were hosted by local families and were the recipients of unbounded hospitality.

Some of the Couëron artists intend to participate in the Art in the Open…

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Sean in the wild among the buttercups

Paul in the wild among the buttercups…

Frank, Rita, Billy and Tom, rounding off a great days painting after a chat over a cuppa :)

Beautiful weather and great company for last Saturdays Paintout in Ferns. We had the opportunity to explore some of the historical ruins dotted around the town, with some lovely surprises. Thanks to Rita and Billy for their help and guidance throughout the day.…

Croatia is the latest to be added to the list of countries from which artists will be heading to Art in the Open in 8 weeks time. Marc Dalessio lives in Zagreb and his website is well worth a look. Marc is giving one of the workshops at this year's festival. His workshop group is…