Ireland Diary - Part Three

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you’re an artist. (David Hockney)

Our B&B was set high in the Donegal Mountains. from this height there was a panoramic vista. No matter which direction you looked there was fodder for painting. I was looking down upon what, in my romantic imagination, was a peat bog. Our host set me right. It was actually reclaimed land from a flood plain that emptied into the Bay of Donegal. The crop... flax. It was nonetheless beautiful. My first attempt to capture the seemingly unending range of greens!

Reclaimed Land, Ireland (13-3/4" x 10")