Irish Cottage View to the Summer Garden, plein air

6"x8" oil on Belgian linen mounted on gatorboard

"For an Irishman, talking is a dance."
- Deborah Love


Sunday started out warm & sunny - and early in the day, the light is on the front of my friend's cottage on Valentia Island here in Ireland. The original cottage, the small building on the right, is about 300 years old. The building on the left, which is now the main living area, is about 200 years old. The two are connected by a small wall & door from her front garden to the summer garden. The front walled garden is protected from north winds, which are particularly fierce in the winter. When things start coming up in spring, there are daisies, herbs, fuscia, montbresia, roses, and ivy as well. The summer garden is a small yard lined with fuscia on the edges, tough enough to survive winter gales. It has a direct view of the Dingle Bay and the North Atlantic.

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