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Artist run Artists' Retreat in rural Donegal, Ireland, creative time for beginners to professional with painting tuition options. Paintings by Sinéad Smyth, view at sineadsmyth.com and artstaysdonegal.com
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New Episode Alert!  Join me as I chat with Sinéad Smyth, an incredible artist and curator from Donegal. Her beautiful paintings capture the essence of landscapes and seascapes. Apple Podcast: apple.co/3vFzLDy Spotify: spoti.fi/3bcCvil Website: bit.ly/3CdBdzf

Glashedy Island from Pollin Bay, Ballyliffin in Co. Donegal, Ireland...and Rowan the dog legging it across the camera ... very windy, very beautiful...sorts the head out anyways ✨✌️ #ireland #atlantic #ocean #waves #donegal #artistslife

Cloudscape III Cumulonimbus can form alone, in clusters, or along squall lines. Fast moving cold fronts with pressure building until it bursts. Oil on birchwood panel 30 x 39 cm #irishartist #painting #art #oilpainting #clouds #cloudappreciationsociety #cloudbusting

Cloudscape II Cumulonimbus can form alone, in clusters, or along squall lines. Fast moving cold fronts with pressure building until it bursts. Oil on birchwood panel 30 x 39 cm #irishatist #oilpainting #clouds #cloudappreciationsociety #cloudbusting

Cloudscape I Dense, towering vertical clouds. Water vapor condensing and sinking. Like droplets of water on a rain facing window. Moved and carried by an invisible force on currents high above us. #Original #Irish #oilpainting Péinteáil Tírdhreach Dhún na nGall On birchwood panel, 30 x 39 cm

Skylines IV This small painting is part of a series of quick en plein air studies. They depict the landscapes around my home at various times of day paying particular attention to the line where land and sky meet, depicting these with broad sweeps of brushwork.