Michael McGuire's Blog (6)

We were fairly lucky with the weather, just a little mist/drizzle - it was a much wetter day in Wexford. Photos courtesy of Geraldine Donahue. Thanks Geraldine.

http://pix.ie/mmcguire/album/499036

I have an exhibition running at the moment in the Cedars Hotel, Rosslare Strand (continues until 29th September), and to draw attention to it, I've decided to paint occasionally in the hotel lobby. I did my first session last Wednesday afternoon and got this far after about three hours or so (the painting is 20" x 24" oil on canvas - I'm using a small plein air study as a reference - the scene is near the Blasket Interpretive Centre in West Kerry):-…

I just completed this studio painting, based on a plein air I did in 2010. One of my favourite places to paint, this spot is on the coast road between Fethard and Hook Head.

Autumn Afternoon, Carnivan Bay

(24" x 30" Oil on Canvas)

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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)

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I'm a huge motorsport fan and get my daily fix from this blog. For those of you who may not be aware of another aspect of Rob's art, here's the link:-

http://www.car-a-day.blogspot.com/

These are not plein air, because, for many of them, Rob has not yet perfected the art of time travel, but it sure looks so!

A great day painting today and the best fish 'n chips in Ireland!