Recent artwork

"Light is the most important person in the picture" Claude Monet

This series of paintings was completed since 2018. The medium is acrylic on canvas (sizes vary from 40 x 50cm, 40 x 60cm and 50 x 70cm). Click on an image to view the full painting.

Autumn Vltava

This is the road from our house towards Vyssi Brod town. On this Autumn evening the setting sun lit up the grassy bank and the golden leaves.

Yeats Building on the Garavogue

In the centre of Sligo town the Yeats Building is side lit by the Summer sun, water levels are low in the Garavogue River and the flowers along the walkways are in bloom. I sat in Osta Cafe and sketched the chimneys of the building and painted this when I returned to Czech.

Kings Mountain, Red Barn

The road from Drumcliff towards Kings Mountain. I drove my parents along this road and stopped to photograph the sun glancing across Ben Bulben and the field and barn. I later painted this in Czech.

Rozmberk

A late Winter evening. I drove with my son Kubi towards Rozmberk and we stopped and both sketched this view of the village from the high road. Over the following week I completed this painting.

Bison

Bison grazing in a high meadow near Vyssi Brod. I can see this meadow from our house and we enjoy visiting to see if the bison are near the fence so we can give them dry bread. This was a dry winter day. Overcast, but plenty of subtle colours.

Cesky Krumlov, looking East

From the road to the castle gardens, this is the view looking back across the ancient Unesco town of Krumlov. The castle and town date back to the 13th century and the magical character still remains.

Saint Andrews, 18th.

Walking up the final fairway after a round of golf on The Old Course, at Saint Andrews. This was commissioned as a gift for his wife by a friend who plays often around the ancient links.

Beach Path

Walking towards the Second Beach at Rosses Point, Co. Sligo. I was returning to the car park after a very short swim and looked back at the cloud front moving in from the west.

Autumn Forest Walk

Walking through a pine forest near Vyssi Brod, to pick wild mushrooms, as the sun rises. I was walking our dog as the sun rose over the hill. I made notes on the contrast between the warm orange light from the sun on the right and the cool blue light from the valley on the left, and the magical glow that it created.

Carrowkeel

Two megalithic burial cairns on Carrowkeel looking over Sligo County to the North. My father winds his way up through the mounds of thick heather. A tourist on the left looks back towards the Ox and Dartry Mountains.

Lower Rosses

Ben Bulben forms the backdrop to the Lower Rosses on a perfect day for a walk with a friend. This was commissioned for a lady who used to live in this area and walked her dog daily. I also love this quite location which is hidden away from roads and beaches yet provides amazing views of Ben Bulben across Lissadell Bay.

Cloister over The Vltava River

The 13th century Cistercian Monastery over the Vltava River in Vyssi Brod is lit by the rising Summer sun. The low sun creates a deep blue sky which contrasts sharply with the scattered golden light. Lucie works in the cloister buildings.

We stopped on a long drive between Pardubice and Sumava, to give Pedro a walk. Lucie and Pedro follow a small path between the golden oats and the dark forest on one of the hottest Summer days.

Glencar Waterfall

'Where the wandering water gushes
From the hills above Glen-Car,
In pools among the rushes
That scarce could bathe a star, ..... [W.B Yeats]. This is very near my family home in Sligo /Leitrim. It is always damp and shaded but when some sunlight breaks into the glen it creates an almost tropical look.

The Buoy, Rosses Point

Lucie looks out to sea as a stormy sky threatens overhead. The old iron buoy has been washed up on the beach since I was a small child nearly 50 years ago. The sand levels change drammatically with the storm tides but the bouy remains in place.

Swim view, The Point

Swimming towards the lifeguard's hut at Rosses Point beach, County Sligo. The evening sun is hitting the hut and the light reflects back across the water. Ben Bulben is visible in the distance. When swimming I ran back to get my camera to capture this peaceful image on a quietsummer day.

Rolling wave, Streedagh

Slow waves roll in towards the long beach at Streedagh strand. Rain clouds are moving in but the hills of Donegal are still visible across the bay. I liked how the waves were rolling very slowly towards the beach with spray rising in the offshore wind.

Strandhill G.C. Great Dune

The low Winter Sun lights up the 'Great Dune' at Strandhill Golf Course in County Sligo. I used to be a member here and lived for a while within yards of this view. The golfers are about to tee off on the 6th hole.

Rosses Evening Tide

The lighthouse is barely visible on the horizon looking West from Rosses Point beach.I spent a week capturing this scene before my children pointed out that there is a dragon in the sky!

Streedagh Looking West

An Atlantic storm generates large surf along the coast at Streedagh. Oyster Catchers feed near an old stone wall which once defined the land of an ancient estate property.

Oyster Island

The morning Light from the East glances across Oyster Island and Coney Island in Sligo Bay. Boats are moored in the straight between the Island and Rosses Point where the tidal currents create subtle patterns.

Proell Mustang.

This was commissioned for the documentary maker Eric Proell who stands with 'Rocky' his rowan stallion who he brought from the states to his ranch in Czech.

Killery view.

After climbing Killery on a hot July day we were rewarded with this spectacular view over Lough Gill towards Sligo town, and Knochnarea with the great cairn of Queen Meadbh on top.

Inishmurray cormorants

A sunny July day. Two cormorants rest on the sandstone rocks which form part of a natural harbour on the ancient monastic island of Inishmurray off the coast of County Sligo. We visited this remote spot on our friends boat. I intended pianing a view of the monestary but I just loved this scene with the deep blue sea contrasting with the bright orange lichen.

Recent Artwork

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