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I paint pictures. Cycled across continents. Like walking when not limping. Loved a dog. Writing a #book. #art #cyclist #efc Liam Daly he/him

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2024-10-08 17:42:15

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Come the middle of December - all going well (and it doesn't always) - I'll have maybe 20-35 of them finished, which will make up the annual sale that I won't be shy shouting about.
One or two late additions not on the original list sometimes happens, but The List is pretty much what determines what my next 3 months is like and so what paintings are possible come the year-end. While it draws on years of ongoing work, and even longer experiences, it's an intense but one of my favourite times.

2024-10-08 17:39:47

This is the week I make The List. All going well, come mid-to-late December I'll have a batch of new paintings for an end-of-year sale. What they might be is 95% decided at this time. I'll list all paintings in progress, and all those I've prepared sketch or photo references for, and those I've been mulling in the back of my head.
When the list is finished it will have typically 60-90 paintings on it, and then I'll start advancing all of them.

2024-10-08 09:00:02

"Mayo Water" A painting finished earlier this year based on magical walks and cycles alongside the Moy estuary, Carrowmore Lake, and the tidal estuary of Sruwaddacon, all in County Mayo.
#MastoDaoine #MastoArt #Ireland
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Mayo-Water-Ireland-by-eolai/165387125.1G4ZT
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/270/944/337/340/137/original/0d6cd45f758165b9.jpg

2024-10-07 06:39:48

`"Ha'pennny Bridge, Pink Sky" I've painted this unofficial symbol of Dublin city many times. And will again. Liberty Hall frequently makes cameo appearances in lots of my city centre paintings of #Dublin. I like the Liffey. I like its walls, quays, bridges, trees alongside it, and its smell. I like the Custom House, because you're supposed to. In short, it's my home city, I like it, and I painted it.
#MastoDaoine #Ireland #MastoArt
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Ha-penny-Bridge-Pink-sky-Dublin-Ireland-by-eolai/165364396.1G4ZT
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/264/720/741/142/028/original/fc4dfa547247b9a6.jpg

2024-10-05 19:08:37

My west of #Ireland painting from earlier this year of the iconic Sligo mountains of Benbulben and Benwiskin is now available as an art print: #MastoDaoine #MastoArt
https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Benbulben-and-Benwiskin-County-Sligo-Ireland-by-eolai/165336464.1G4ZT
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2024-10-04 15:56:24

My #painting from earlier this year of Innishannon in West #Cork has today been made available as an art print. https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Innishannon-Main-Street-County-Cork-Ireland-by-eolai/165314438.1G4ZT
#MastoDaoine #MastoArt #ireland
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2024-10-01 12:30:05

My mixed media painting of Dublin's Ormond Quay from 2 yrs ago has now been made available as a print.
For other stuff, given it has a white background it also works on mugs, notebooks and the like but not so much on some other things. #MastoDaoine #Dublin #artistsOnMastodon https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Ormond-Quay-Upper-2022-Dublin-Ireland-by-eolai/165232041.1G4ZT

2024-09-29 19:46:07

"West Kerry" is the first of my paintings I finished earlier this year that has now been made available as a print. You'll also find it on things you likely don't need.
#painting #MastoDaoine #artist #Ireland
https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/West-Kerry-Ireland-by-eolai/165190021.1G4ZT

2024-09-26 10:59:35

Have now made my west of Ireland painting "Kylemore Boats" available as a print (and as other things like mugs etc.) https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Kylemore-Boats-Connemara-Ireland-by-eolai/165104964.1G4ZT
#MastoDaoine #MastoArt #Painting

2024-09-17 21:59:06

When I finish paintings they get scattered around the fireplace until sold. Sometimes you get nice moments like one morning a couple of weeks back when the sun came in and lit up a section of these two. While the Mayo one on the right has since gone to its new owner, the Dublin one on the left is still available. #MastoDaoine #painting
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/155/122/127/275/903/original/88e711441e68a7d0.jpg

2024-09-15 11:00:29

Early in the summer I was lucky enough to dash on the train for an all-too-short visit to #Cork in order to deliver a painting. When I got to Kent Station I had the guts of an hour before my lift so strolled through to the river and did this sketch. Trains, sketching, and friends. What a wonderful time.
#MastoDaoine #UrbanSketching #art
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2024-09-11 11:51:20

Yesterday, give or take 28 yrs, was the longest distance I cycled in a day on my cycle across America. It's also the only journal entry not written at the time (Some entries were written, some were taped - this day had been taped but I lost the tape), so here's what I wrote about cycling into Kansas City, from memory 12 yrs after that epic day: https://medium.com/@eolai/cycling-across-america-part-40-c369487ca747

2024-09-04 11:57:11

Words I wrote on this day 28 yrs ago when cycling in Arkansas in my cycle across America: https://eolai.medium.com/cycling-across-america-part-34-c613cbff5aa0
#MastoDaoine #cycling

2024-08-26 14:03:08

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@npub17yz…qgzq A straightforward comparison was "Press or Herald", and obviously pronouncing "Herald" a certain way sort of like "Herdled". "Last of the Toblerones" was one I always liked.

2024-08-24 12:24:21

A couple of weeks back I went into town and boarded a train for the west of #Ireland. Getting off the Sligo train at Collooney I walked up by the cemetery and sketched this view of the town before strolling back down just in time for my passing lift which took me to a wonderful pub in Ballisodare and on to 8 days of magical company in Enniscrone.
#MastoDaoine #UrbanSketching #Art
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2024-08-20 13:55:54

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@npub1dg0…h6zw The company alone made it magnificent and perfect, so throw in all the other stuff and it was so good. When holidays are great it's like a life in another time.

2024-08-20 12:17:26

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@npub1sff…t0nd It's wild stuff. High-wire drinking without a safety net.

2024-08-20 12:16:02

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@npub19uf…9mxs Something to do with Heritage Week? There are a few events on in the Park this week. They often close several gates in the mornings for various races and things.

2024-08-20 12:03:23

Back from a holiday in the wind, where I did a lot of sketching, and I did a lot walking - for me - albeit with a stick, and for the first time in years I played football on the beach - albeit with a stick. I also did a lot of swimming - with the same stick (it helps when you can't actually swim, and with limping out of the sea). And after a year of planning I did a lot of filming. Yes, there was a stick. It's also fair to say I drank an awful lot of beer, no help needed. Good times.

2024-08-05 15:29:59

On this day in 1996 I cycled into New York City in the first week of my cycle across America. Here's a transcript of the words I spoke into a tape recorder that evening describing my day:
https://eolai.medium.com/cycling-across-america-part-04-42fb18ba1466

2024-07-04 16:05:33

Always a good day when you finish reading a novel so get to choose a new one to read from your (very large) to-be-read pile. Just started Donal Ryan's "Strange Flowers".

2024-06-11 12:02:03

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@npub12t6…h4pv Thank you very much. I was very happy with it when finished.

2024-06-11 08:11:17

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@npub1dg0…h6zw They do have a way of infecting them alright. Thank you very much.

2024-06-11 07:26:40

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@npub17yz…qgzq Thanks very much Allan.

2024-06-10 21:10:08

Have a look at another of the brand new paintings from my recent online sale. "Connemara Boats" is a view from by Kilkieran east over to the Rosmuc peninsula. It sold within seconds of being posted on my website and fb page - I hope to have it available as a print before too long. #mastoart #Mastodaoine #Ireland #Art
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/594/351/778/292/296/original/b5692c4a59a2adc9.jpg

2024-05-21 14:55:50

One of the brand new paintings for you to enjoy looking at. "Sligo Mountains" was the painting I chose to start off my annual sale and it sold instantly. It is currently being prepared for sending to its new owner. #MastoDaoine #mastoart #Ireland
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/479/614/772/031/051/original/effe91440a1f9c93.jpg

2024-05-09 20:04:30

Night 3 of my 5-night sale of new paintings is underway now. Another night of 6 new paintings of Ireland with a new painting being rolled out about every 30 minutes. The first two nights sold out, and so far tonight I posted 2 new paintings (one Connemara, one Mayo), and both are still available. You can follow along on my website (www.LiamDaly.art) or on my fb art page (LiamDalyArt) #MastoDaoine

2024-05-08 18:45:25

Night 2 of my 5-night sale of new paintings begins in 45 minutes. It will be another night of 6 new paintings of Ireland with a new painting being rolled out every 30 minutes. Last night was the first night of the sale and 5 of those 6 have sold already. You can follow along on my website (www.LiamDaly.art) or on my fb art page (LiamDalyArt)

2024-05-06 21:21:58

My annual sale of new paintings - postponed from December due to poor health - takes place onilne starting Tuesday May 7, 2024. Basically I post a new painting every 30 mins over a few hours in the evening for 5 nights in a row.
Explained in my blog post in too many words here: https://liamdaly.com/2024/05/06/new-paintings-sale-may-2024/

2024-04-13 22:14:34

Happy to report that I sold two stickers today, which means my income for the month so far has gone from zero to 92 cent.
Also, and more importantly, I've been sick (again) and I'm getting better (again). So, you know, one of these days I just might manage to get back into a routine of posting.

2024-03-15 21:39:21

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@npub1dg0…h6zw Thank you very much.

2024-03-12 22:15:09

My instagram has been hacked. Because I was stupid and tired. Having no luck regaining access. Insta keeps sending me in circles.

2024-03-08 16:30:40

It appears I am almost fully recovered. So I'll get myself back in order and return to regular posting again. Tonight though, I'm going to the cinema. It's my annual xmas cinema trip - and like Pancake Tuesday and everything else in the 5 months I lost, is now being activated in a compressed version of a postponed winter. Onwards.

2024-01-17 10:48:26

Still going slow posting on here because I'm still sick and for many hours of the day it's quite debilitating. That said the last few days have seen an improvement in severity so it may be slow but I believe it's going in the right direction - 17 weeks after the day it started. When you see me posting a load of sketches and new paintings you'll know I'm doing better.

2024-01-11 11:38:03

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@npub1f9z…5dr7 Thank you very much. This was very nice to hear.

2024-01-09 17:52:11

Still not the best so, rather than bore youse with it, I'm continuing the daily boost of a painting I posted several months ago.

2023-12-31 13:30:20

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@npub17yz…qgzq 8, I think, but it's not easy and that 8 could be 9. Or 6.

2023-12-24 13:01:17

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@npub16vp…rwn3 @npub16rs…dfz9 Cool. It was east some kilometres of a place, a junction really, called Six Cross Roads (for obvious reasons) on a small road that softly tumbled along the hills.

2023-12-24 09:45:18

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@npub16rs…dfz9 It was a scene that really struck me for it's quiet gentle beauty.

2023-12-21 10:00:02

So yesterday was bad. My annual (& only) sale of new work starting last night on my website & fb for 3 nights - well I had to cancel it all. While I managed to get the paintings finished despite 3 months of sickness, I've ended up simply too unwell to actually run the sale. Hugely disappointed. These few days are my year.
For what it's worth some older originals are available here (I'm adding more in - slowly - at the moment): https://liamdaly.com/tag/available/

2023-12-16 22:36:46

Ok decision made. The day didn't go well but then the year hasn't. Right now I've just 11 new paintings finished but I will go ahead with the year-end sale. Will post details later but essentially I'm assuming I'll manage to finish more (many are close but I'm not well) and in same manner as recent years I'll roll out 7 new paintings each night on the evenings of Tue 19th, Wed 20th, and Thu 21st Dec simultaneously on my website (LiamDaly.Art) and my facebook art page (LiamDalyArt) #MastoDaoine

2023-12-16 10:00:34

Big day today before I make the decision this evening. While I'm feeling much improved health wise than I was a week ago, I'm really struggling with the paintings. If today persuades me to give the sale the go-ahead then I'll still need tomorrow to be a good day for painting - and for it to continue during any days of the event. We're going to the wire.

2023-12-15 15:19:44

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@npub1rt4…6vzc That building there facing the harbour on the South Pier on the right is a cafe (think it has been a succession of cafes). The Salmon Fisheries is on the other side of the peninsula - straight ahead past those rows of buildings and down on the far side facing the water over there. Is that the house you mean?

2023-12-14 00:28:23

On Saturday Dec 16th I'll make the call on if I can go ahead with my annual sale of new paintings (which, if it happens, will be next week). I only have 5 finished so far - and will need more. Dozens are close, many on the go for years, and while my health is getting better I'm still not well - which really doesn't help. Due to my domestic situation if there is no sale next week then painting will stop and there will be no sale until 12 months' time - at the earliest. Four days to save the year.

2023-12-13 09:16:59

Trying to paint furiously while trying to get better - so it will be old paintings on here for me until it ends, one way or the other (if that sounds ominous I only mean in terms of paintings - we'll either a new collection, or we won't)

2023-12-11 11:15:01

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@npub19z0…uxdf I've found the same thing in a few places where I assumed the relative small size of a town would be easier to manage for making life better for those on foot. But there seems not to be the desire. I keep thinking it time it will change, but I've been thinking that for decades.

2023-12-11 10:40:03

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@npub1tc9…lzfn Thank you

2023-12-06 10:20:48

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Is extra tricky because I've been sick for a while and am still waiting for the benefits of antibiotics and steroids to make life easier.
Also, sometimes that hour to finish a painting takes 2 hours, which is not too bad, but sometimes it takes 2 days which is enough to stop a sale happening, and sometimes that hour takes a couple of years - them's the breaks. If enough are ready then week beginning Dec 18 it'll happen. (Online and I'll shout about it) Onwards. 2/2

2023-12-06 10:19:16

Paintings latest: Due to the full-time carer lark I am reduced to painting for and having one sale a year - if even. This is my 13th year-end sale since becoming a carer, or it would be if I hadn't cancelled 6 of them. Currently no paintings are finished - but many are getting close.
Some paintings are in progress for years; some were started this year. Plan is to spend rest of the week advancing paintings until they each need an hour-ish to complete, then next week attempt to finish. 1/2

2023-12-05 00:21:10

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@npub1hca…7au9 It can be magical.

2023-12-03 22:42:15

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@npub1tc9…lzfn Thanks

2023-12-03 22:42:01

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@npub1tc9…lzfn It's an amazing place. I do love the colours of a bog.

2023-12-03 22:41:08

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@npub1tc9…lzfn Thank you.

2023-12-03 10:52:59

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@npub1tc9…lzfn Thanks. It's a bullock.

2023-12-03 09:04:29

"Bovine II" I stayed in a cottage once where in the field out front were these magnificent hairy bovine beasts that had me mesmerised. Finished painting this chap last December and today made him available as a print. It's the second in what appears to be a series of cow paintings.
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/155663695
#MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Art
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2023-12-03 08:52:09

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@npub1kzc…negm Thanks very much!

2023-12-01 14:29:27

Thought today was Saturday. So now I'm sad - that it isn't - and happy - that it's not. As well as a touch out of sorts, obviously.

2023-11-28 16:53:34

"Kingstown Bay" My #painting of where Connemara meets the Atlantic from last year that I did based on a gorgeous cycle amid ridiculous views of #ireland. It's taken almost a year but Kingstown Bay is finally available as a print: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Kingstown-Bay-Connemara-Ireland-by-eolai/155210493.1G4ZT
#MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Art
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2023-11-24 10:24:45

I'm relatively quiet here now (I'm relatively quiet everywhere now) for two reasons. One, this is my painting season - so much of the year has gone into preparing things to give me moments I can now steal from carer stuff to paint. Two, I've had sinusitis for over two months and feel accordingly, which doesn't exactly help with the painting either. In time I'll show you newer works; for now I'll show you older ones.

2023-11-21 09:27:57

Paintings of County Mayo. 30 of my paintings of the west of #Ireland county are available as prints (and stuff): https://www.redbubble.com/people/eolai/shop?artistUserName=eolai&asc=u&collections=892025&iaCode=all-departments&sortOrder=relevant
#MastoDaoine #MastoArt #Art
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2023-11-15 09:43:23

Just made available as a print today, this is "Clare Road - a painting I did based on a special moment during a gorgeous quiet cycle in the west of #Ireland from the Shannon ferry to Ennis.
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/154908151
#MastoDaoine #MastoArt #Artist
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2023-11-14 09:21:22

"Connemara Boat" Newly available as a print. After my hometown of Dublin, the west of Ireland's Connemara is probably the area I have done most paintings of. This #painting is of a perfect scene during an amazing day #cycling from the Sky Road to Killary Harbour.
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Connemara-Boat-Ireland-by-eolai/154863230.1G4ZT
#MastoDaoine #MastoArt #Ireland #Art
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2023-11-13 10:55:24

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@npub1zfc…ty68 Thanks very much - it's a beautiful spot.

2023-11-12 11:25:13

There are 70 of my paintings of Dublin in the print shop. From the Poolbeg chimney stacks to the Liffey and its quays and bridges, to Georgian houses, famous buildings, and scenes along its coast. Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/people/eolai/shop?artistUserName=eolai&asc=u&collections=521171&iaCode=u-print-art
#MastoDaoine #MastoArt #Ireland #Art
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2023-11-09 12:06:10

Donegal. I have over 40 paintings of Ireland's most northwest county available as prints (And other stuff): mostly rural scenes, of the mountains and/or coast, but there are some of Donegal town and Ballyshannon also.
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/people/eolai/shop?artistUserName=eolai&asc=u&collections=521184&iaCode=u-print-art
#MastoDaoine #MastoArt #Ireland
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2023-11-07 11:08:39

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@npub1uu9…ek7g You must. Heck, turn it magnificently. It will be fun. Hope it's as happy as you'd wish it to be!

2023-11-07 10:56:37

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@npub1uu9…ek7g Turn it well!

2023-11-05 22:49:51

Paintings of County Kerry. Over 20 of my #paintings of Ireland's rather picturesque southwest county are in my print shop: https://www.redbubble.com/people/eolai/shop?artistUserName=eolai&asc=u&collections=521187&iaCode=u-print-art
#MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland
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2023-11-01 17:57:48

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@npub1pq0…5585 Thank you very much. I did love the experience of painting this picture there, but it didn't come easy and I struggled as the tide came all the way in and went all the way back out again, as the boats did their share of moving around too.

2023-11-01 17:16:59

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@npub1uu9…ek7g She certainly is. I started to talk to her because I was grateful and felt it was the polite reaction - but she told me to stop talking, carry on with my work, and drink my tea before it went cold 😀

2023-11-01 08:38:14

"Ring, Cork" Once upon a time I sat with my bicycle a short distance south of Clonakilty, looking across the bay to Inchydoney doing this #painting before #cycling on to Skibbereen by sunset. A wonderful day it included a woman who was a complete stranger coming out of her house and handing me a tray with a pot of tea and a feed of sandwiches - ust because she saw me there. #MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/9671965
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2023-10-26 20:25:52

Cork. #Ireland. Paintings. There are over 40 of my paintings of around County Cork in the print shop. You'll find towns like Kinsale, Cobh, Bantry, Clonakilty and Skibereen, and more rural scenes like Inchydoney, Red Strand, the Beara peninsula, Ballycotton, and Toormore. Just Cork here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/eolai/shop?artistUserName=eolai&asc=u&collections=521175&iaCode=u-print-art
#MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Art
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2023-10-22 09:54:43

One of my more recent sketches done on my annual trip to County Sligo. This is the view you get when you leave the train station in Sligo town and wait for a bus to take you to wondrous places.
#MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland #Sketch
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2023-10-21 09:34:30

Paintings of Galway. From the city, out to Connemara, and around the bay, here are 50 of my paintings of scenes in that western county of #Ireland available as prints: https://www.redbubble.com/people/eolai/shop?artistUserName=eolai&asc=u&collections=892016&iaCode=u-print-art
#MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Art
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2023-10-20 19:58:31

While the bins in our area are stolen year round, October, being the season of fire, is peak time for bin robbing. Once upon a time I used to walk around taking pictures of the burnt remains of stolen wheelie bins. Here's 18 of them.
#MastoDaoine #Ireland #photography
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2023-10-19 19:25:27

"Ha'penny Bridge and the Boardwalk" This #painting is the view west along Dublin's River Liffey as seen from O'Connell Bridge. I've painted our capital city's most iconic bridge quite a few times, and the boardwalk several times too - and both are a pain. But I'll paint them again.
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Hapenny-Bridge-and-Boardwalk-Dublin-Ireland-by-eolai/9656249.1G4ZT
#MastoArt #Ireland #MastoDaoine #Art
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2023-10-18 11:50:26

"Sky Road, 4 Views" This 4-paintings-in-one Irish work came out of cycling along the fabled Sky Road beyond Clifden into the Atlantic Ocean. The views were ones I had on the southern side of the narrow peninsula, but the weather and where you are in your life is what will imprint the beauty of the views forever in your lucky brain. #Art
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/The-Sky-Road-Four-Views-Galway-Ireland-by-eolai/29120469.1G4ZT
#MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Ireland
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2023-10-18 00:44:03

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@npub12xr…psum One of the first things I did here was filter out the t word - and links to over there. It's been effective in stopping me even seeing that people are cross-posting let alone clicking on through, because similarly there's a reason I left.

2023-10-16 20:47:11

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@npub1y98…gke7 That's very kind - thank you very much.

2023-10-15 10:49:34

"Poulnabrone II" Another post showing you a #painting in progress alongside the painting when finished. For the celebrated portal tomb I would have done no drawing underneath this just straight in with blocks of colour to map large areas and then specific dark shadows areas.
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Poulnabrone-II-Clare-Ireland-by-eolai/9665608.1G4ZT
#StandingStoneSunday #Art ##MastoDaoine #MastoArt #Ireland
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2023-10-14 22:22:54

Running late this year. Health hasn't helped along with the usual challenges but as long as I can catch up with a few things over the rest of this month then it'll be full on trying to finish paintings from the beginning of November so I can have my annual (and only) sale of new work somewhere around the middle of December. So right now it's still on.

2023-10-13 08:27:38

Stone Walls and the Grass is Green 2. Another post showing you a #painting when it was in progress alongside its completed state. This is a view across Galway Bay to County Clare from a corner of #Ireland with lots of stone walls and not a lot of trees.
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Stone-Walls-and-the-Grass-is-Green-II-Ireland-by-eolai/16112530.1G4ZT
#Art #MastoDaoine #MastoArt
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2023-10-12 08:40:47

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@npub1eu3…d529 I went to the building that houses the Jackie Clarke Collection to sketch it one day but it rained heavily and solidly so I couldn't even start. There'll be other chances.

2023-10-12 00:40:29

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@npub1eu3…d529 Thanks very much! I do like the views along both sides of the river there - and the feel of the town as a whole too. Most years when my legs are working I get to cycle from there, along the river into County Sligo.

2023-10-11 22:12:53

Cashel. (Tipperary, #Ireland) Another post showing you a #painting when it was in progress alongside the finished work. This approach of sketching it out in lines first is one I don't take too often.
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Cashel-County-Tipperary-Ireland-by-eolai/12531956.1G4ZT
#Art #MastoDaoine #MastoArt
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2023-10-11 07:34:08

Whose job was it to turn day-time on?

2023-10-10 11:53:21

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And when I say 'like' I mean that the last year here on Mastodon is the happiest I've been online since 2007-2011 on the ex-bird place. That's more about what I'm taking in than I'm putting out (so to speak). #MastoDaoine

2023-10-09 20:53:42

I like this place. Even though I don't post anything like the volume I have elsewhere, I read a lot here - and expect only to get more engaged in time.

2023-10-08 10:21:17

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@npub1y98…gke7 Thank you. I do love a wall. And Burren stones are so distinctive. One day I'd love to have an exhibition just of walls.

2023-10-08 10:18:45

Thank you. I do love a wall. And Burren stones are so distinctive. One day I'd love to have an exhibition just of walls.

2023-10-07 22:19:04

"Through a Burren Wall" County Clare, #Ireland. In this post I can show you 4 stages of a #painting in progress, alongside the completed painting. In this case I started with a very loose sketched drawing in painted lines, added colour, then refined. #MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Art
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Through-a-Burren-Wall-County-Clare-Ireland-by-eolai/29175720.1G4ZT
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2023-10-06 21:04:38

The Long Walk. My Galway #painting when it was in progress beside the finished work. Sometimes I just freehand an underpainting like this. Other times I might draw lines with paint, or blob in loosely and refine. #MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/The-Long-Walk-Boats-Galway-Ireland-by-eolai/12516598.1G4ZT
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2023-10-05 18:05:07

My Dart is stuck at Grand Canal Dock because "there is a swan on the line".

2023-10-05 14:55:46

Dunguaire Castle. To the south of #Galway Bay now for another in my series of posts showing you a #painting in progress alongside the finished piece. This came out of #cycling by Kinvara and of course liking castles. #MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Art
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Dunguaire-Castle-Galway-Ireland-by-eolai/31607309.1G4ZT
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2023-10-05 10:47:41

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@npub1f9z…5dr7 Thank you very much! I painted another such bovine beast last year that I've yet to make available as a print, though I don't think he's quite as colourful as this fella.

2023-10-05 10:34:17

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@npub1xrr…nftg Thanks. I didn't go to art school myself so I don't have much academic knowledge. Even in ordinary school I received no teaching, so everything I've picked up is self-taught from experience, from friends who are artists, and from a million videos and books where I compared what I was doing with how others describe or do things.

2023-10-04 19:09:53

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@npub1xrr…nftg Aside from the temperature the limited colour range would help me establish the values the way a plain white canvas wouldn't, and then because they're warm colours I try to use them to warm what's going to be a cooler final painting.

2023-10-04 16:57:57

"Clonakilty Bay" Another in my series of posts showing you a #painting in progress alongside the finished work. I've cycled a fair bit around Clonakilty and West Cork, and I especially love down the bay to Ring or on the other side to Inchydoney. Painting down there is one of my favourite memories too.
Prints: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Clonakilty-Bay-West-Cork-Ireland-by-eolai/37059352.DJUF3
#MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Art #Ireland
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2023-10-03 22:09:15

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@npub1ljg…t853 Thank you very much. It was such a great spot for a friendly visit and to paint.

2023-10-03 14:19:23

Wexford, The Bull Ring. Another in my series showing you a painting in progress alongside the completed #painting. I've been to this corner of southeastern #Ireland many times, but this painting always reminds me of the time there celebrating my parents' 50th anniversary.
#MastoArt #MastoDaoine #Art
Prints of finished painting: https://www.redbubble.com/i/art-print/Wexford-The-Bullring-Ireland-by-eolai/29007811.1G4ZT
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