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If you've arrived here directly from your copy of the Irish Times; hello! It was very pleasant of them to include my work in their catalogue of highly original gifts for Christmas. Anyway, do take a gander and drop me a line sometime.

No. 103. Looking Towards Leeson Street Bridge

During the summer, I took myself down to the canal on my pushbike with my camera to take a few reference shots for a painting [that is still only a figment of my imagination, these months later]. While I was there, I stood on the lock at Baggot Street Bridge and looked westward towards Leeson Street. I can see why Patrick Kavanagh spent so much time down here. The canopy of foliage from the plane trees and the restful stretch of water provides a sanctuary from the bustling urban activity either side. It really is a lovely place. Not so much a daily painting, as a study in tranquility.

This painting is in oils on stretched canvas: 16" x 20".