
'Cave Lights'
16x20 inches
On a ledge inside the cave the little people would gaze at the leaves catching the bright moonlight

'The Crossing'
12x24 inches
The branch had fallen across during a storm. We'd run across, more frightened of the roar of the water than the drop to the chasm bottom way below

'Home'
12x32 inches
Moonlight in the forest depths. Our house is on the end of the branch, look closely you can see smoke rising from its chimney. On display at Cleo the Helen Joyce Gallery in Kenmare, Co. Kerry

Forest Dawn
12x24 inches
Early morning in the forest, being slightly frightened by the sudden explosion of dawn sunlight
painted November 2008

'Visiting the Chief Dwarf'
12x16 inches
The great old man lived on the edge of the chasm, on the far side of a creaky fallen log. As long as you didn't pay heed to the cascading water or the drop to the bottomless pit way below, you got across ok
painted June 2009
The Waterfall or Cascade
The secret bathing place, deep inside the forest where no outsiders ever went. The water was always so fresh and nice to swim in
The Crossing #2
painted over August 2010, this oil is no more

'After the Storm'
After a night of heavy rain, rattling branches and strange sounds, there was an eerie calm in the forest
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'Safe from the Storm'
24x20 inches
The wind was rising, soon the the thunder and lightning would fire off eachother, but our house was safe in the mountains of Beara

'A Day in the Mountains' Sold
24x20 inches
Sometimes, after a storm, we would stand and listen to the roar of the river in flood

Morning Mist |