Ireland as I could never paint it
Eolai ag obair
Ireland as I could never paint it - 350 images from Eolai’s Painting Tour collection.
3000+ kms around Ireland, while painting, taking photos, blogging, twittering and updating his Facebook account, was no mean feat. There were many pockets around the country that suffered from a major lack of internet signals. This meant that uploading photos was sometimes random, therefore the photos are not in any particular order.
I suggest you do as Eolai/Liam does - boil the kettle and make a large pot of tea; then sit back and enjoy Ireland from your armchair. The larger the screen the better. You won’t be disappointed.
The hard work of cycling may be over and the body recovered, but some paintings need finishing and some are yet to be started. Several paintings for hosts will not be completed – by agreement – until after Christmas. I have told @eolai not to worry about my painting until I am sixty five. The subject of the painting…. I left it up to him, to pick his favourite from the places we saw over the days we spent together.
I look forward to the surprise.
Did you see the legs? In the bath. Yes in the bath! That is not my bath, sure you know the colour of mine and have seen it before.
Rummuser said,
November 22, 2011 at 7:20 am
One fellow that I am looking forward to shaking hands with and making friends with.
Does he know that he has another forty years to hand over the painting to you? Lucky fellow.
Rummuser said,
November 22, 2011 at 7:21 am
I deliberately refrain from commenting on the bath and the legs.
wisewebwoman said,
November 22, 2011 at 3:49 pm
The bath link seems to be not working, GM. gorgeous photos.
XO
WWW
Grannymar said,
November 22, 2011 at 3:56 pm
WWW - My Hosting company has been working in the background today, so perhaps that had something to do with it. I have tried twice and it works for me.
Ramana - If and when you land in Dublin, I will try to arrange the introduction.
Baino said,
November 22, 2011 at 7:18 pm
Sounds wonderful and as it rains as much as it does in Ireland here, I’ll put the kettle on this evening and enjoy the tour with sound effects.
Grannymar said,
November 22, 2011 at 9:24 pm
Baino - He even managed to capture the rain.
Brighid said,
November 23, 2011 at 4:39 am
Thanks for the great link…I’ve gone thru the set twice…beautiful.
Grannymar said,
November 23, 2011 at 8:46 am
Brighid - They are images of the REAL Ireland and fast driving means you miss them.
Alice said,
November 24, 2011 at 2:23 am
Absolutely stunning images–no limit to my favorites! Me thinks I’ll just have to give Ireland another whirl someday!
Grannymar said,
November 24, 2011 at 6:58 am
Alice - There are treasures round every bend…. enough for several visits.
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November 28, 2011 at 10:18 am
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