The Purple Hills of Connemara

The Purple Hills of Connemara
© 2007 Tim Bradford
70cm x 50cm
Acrylic on canvas
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I did this painting from sketches made outside the Petty’ s house in Knockacarn, which is on the other side of a small valley from us. On a south-west windy day we can hear their kids laughing and playing outside which means that when there’s a North East wind they can here me chuntering on about something or other. The view from the Petty’s house is the same as ours but different. For a start the view of the Cahermaccrusheen fields is obscured. Instead there is a big grassy meadow rising up to a ridge where an old cottage still stands.
You can’t always see the Twelve Pins. It’s usually not clear enough. And it’s very rare for the hills to be purple.