Some Studio Work from Plein Air Reference

[Michael McGuire]

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)

 

 

 

 

[Michael McGuire]

Hi Paddy,

Yes, it's probably where you're thinking of, about three miles North of Slea Head (Dunquin Pier, where the ferry for the Great Blasket sails from, is about mid-way between Slea Head and Clogher Head.  The original plein air on which the studio is based, was painted just above Clogher Strand, but there wasn't much strand that day!

[Paddy Darigan]

Michael, Clogher Head is that, that extra head that juts out off Slea Head?

Great paintings by the way, of some of my favourite places!