Sally Downey's Blog (98)

Delighted to welcome Michael and hope it will be the first of many happy outings with Boyne Valley group.

Thanks to Alison for photos of our paintout in Annagassan. We spent a very pleasant day on the verandah/beergarden/ out the back of the Glyde Inn or on the adjoining beach. Thank you Paul and Conor for your hospitality.  Social distancing was…

Copy of a painting by John Singer Sargent - A Venetian Woman.  36" x 23".

This is my effort for challenge. 8” x12”. I did spend a long, very long time going around Howth on Google Maps but ended up with one of my own photos taken at a Paintout oct…

Last September we were the guests of OPW at the biodiversity Festival in the Walled Garden of the Phoenix Park.  It was a wonderful day.  Here are the paintings done on that day.  They have never been seen before!

Caroline Carroll.  Graphite…

Hope all enjoyed the day yesterday.  

Frank was missing for the photo.  So here he is -…

All along the Banks of the Royal Canal there were Boyne Valley Plein air painters.  The heat had eveyone vieing for whatever shade they could find.  Pat the Painter  was the only one to brave the blazing heat for his art.

Gerry…

Thank you Sean for organising.  Lovely to be back in Skerries again and on such a beauiful day.  A very big welcome to two new Boyne Valliers,  Marty Garland and David Fitzgerald.  Here they are on their maiden paintout.

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May it be…

What a Beautiful day yesterday!  Delighted so many of us could make it AND get parking - Caroline, Margaret, Irene, Caitriona, Paul, Rosemary.   Missing from pic - Michael, Norah and myself. 

A promising start to a lovely day in Listoke.  And welcome to Rosemary and Margaret. 

Spring had arrived and was bustin out all over the Botanic Gardens today -

Happy to say that that is NOT snow outside the window.  Just a bit of overexposure!

Well done to John McManus and Frank Hallinan Flood especially who braved the elements and painted en plein air and plaudits too to the rest of us who retreated to the dubious comfort of a glasshouse.

Is that a reject…

At last  - and sorry for the delay -  our memories of Renvyle -

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Galle…

Selfie to the 8th Degree

....................But someone is missing!  We were blissfully unaware that poor Carrie was discovering all the lesser known byways of County Meath between Julianstown and Listoke.  Happily she did make it.…

Another lovely day in Listoke Gardens even more glorious than the last one. Big welcome back to Catriona. Full marks to Caitriona, with her new hip, and to Rita, with her very new knee, for coming. Glad we had such a lovely day especially for them.

Susan, not in photograph, is elsewhere 'finishing off her ducks'??? How did you get on…