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Original artwork description:
Huge flocks of Barnacle geese visit Sligo every year. It's an amazing sight to be seen. The late poet Dermot Healy found them a great source of inspiration. Dermot Healy (18 July 1947 – 29 June 2014) was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. In his poem: A Fool's Errand he describes the geese beautifully...
There is a very good film on vimeo about Dermot Healy: I could read the sky:
Well worth a watch!
Materials used:
Oil paint and Acrylic paint
Tags:
#dermot healy #i could read the sky #a fool's errand #geese flying #oil painting #canvas #grey #acrylic paint #flying birds #geese #sligo ireland #barnacle geeseBarnacle geese return to Sligo (2016)
Mixed-media painting
by Jak Blue
1 Artist Reviews
£794.56 Sold
- Mixed-media painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 102 x 76 x 2cm / 102 x 76cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the front
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Animals and birds
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Original artwork description
Huge flocks of Barnacle geese visit Sligo every year. It's an amazing sight to be seen. The late poet Dermot Healy found them a great source of inspiration. Dermot Healy (18 July 1947 – 29 June 2014) was an Irish novelist, playwright, poet and short story writer. In his poem: A Fool's Errand he describes the geese beautifully...
There is a very good film on vimeo about Dermot Healy: I could read the sky:
Well worth a watch!
Materials used:
Oil paint and Acrylic paint
Tags:
#dermot healy #i could read the sky #a fool's errand #geese flying #oil painting #canvas #grey #acrylic paint #flying birds #geese #sligo ireland #barnacle geese
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