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Some Studio Work from Plein Air Reference

I started to so some larger studio paintings from plein air reference material a few weeks ago. I've been concentrating on not just copying plein airs on a larger scale (nigh impossible anyway), but rather embellishing them by doing things like adding figures, playing around with texture, and using varying brushstrokes. These are my most recent three:-

Summer Morning, Coumeenoole (West Kerry)

(24" x 18" Oil on Canvas)

Windy Afternoon, Clogher Head (West Kerry)

(24" x 30" Oil on Canvas)

Rough Seas, Near Brandon Creek (West Kerry)

(30" x 24" Oil on Canvas)

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Comment by Elaine Hurst on December 3, 2011 at 1:28: :)

Comment by Michael McGuire on December 2, 2011 at 22:23: OK, Elaine, but maybe I'll look for sponshorship from a Pharma manufacturer!

Comment by Elaine Hurst on December 1, 2011 at 13:44: No, keep posting them!! I'll take Dramamine, and Norah can hang onto something really sturdy!

Comment by Michael McGuire on December 1, 2011 at 9:04: Oh dear, one sea-sick and another dizzy! I better stop posting these! I can still remember the morning I painted the original plein air of that one, Norah. I stopped for a break after about a half hour or so, to find a large mountain ram taking an unhealthy interest in me just a few yards away. But once I told him I was a Kerryman he let me stay on his patch!

Comment by Norah Blount on November 30, 2011 at 15:24: The one at brandon creek is my favourite - can feel the height, getting dizzy now...

Comment by Elaine Hurst on November 30, 2011 at 15:10: :) Not a bit!!

Comment by Michael McGuire on November 29, 2011 at 20:01: Thanks Elaine. Hope you didn't get sea-sick!

Comment by Elaine Hurst on November 29, 2011 at 1:20: Wonderful paintings, Michael! The sea is wild! The middle one makes me feel as if I am on the sea, tossing and turning! Wonderful light!

Comment by Michael McGuire on November 25, 2011 at 21:13: Yeah, there are a few extra blobs on the walls all right, Karen! Thanks for the kind comments.

Comment by Karen Scannell on November 25, 2011 at 20:28: I'd say your studio is even messier now Michael??

They all look well."Windy Afternoon" Clogher Head has always been one of my favorites, even more so in the scaled up version...