My paintings for this show are from above and below which connects with the canvas and paint using mind and memory, I have explored the Bogs and the Burren in most of my work which intrigues me as the changes only take place at the moment of one thought at one time, bringing an almost ancient feeling of time and beauty.
One can only give an impression and an inner glimpse of the absolute hidden beauty in this kind of landscape.
Colour and texture in these paintings are connected to the canvas using paint and simple materials, which I feel is enough to capture the scene, and so achieves a delicate balance of abstract and representational imagery through hues of colour, tone and form.
Similary, thickly applied areas of colour become richer as the eye begins to appreciate the tense differences in tones and hues.
I hope to express a spiritual peace through the landscape setting that is common to most of my work and that the paintings convey a calm beauty revealing the power of nature in all its glory.

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Glendarragh Studios,
Newtownmountkennedy,
Co. Wicklow.
Mob : 086 8223959
E.mail: mgemmell@indigo.ie