Peter Mahony
Art

"This painting is the result of a trip to the Farran Wood park in Cork in 2021. The scene depicted takes place in November. The trees were bare and it was very cold.Getting out into nature during the pandemic was a relief but also an important opportunity for new work. In leading up to the finished painting I made premilinary work in pencil and gouache before beginning the piece. I began with an underpainting in acrylic before finally moving on to oil. Farran Wood was sold in the same year in exhibition."

"This imagined landscape is very far removed from the rough gouache sketch on which it is based. The original sketch was a fleeting capture of a scene at the Atlantic Pond, at the Marina walkway in Cork City. This work is available for purchase."

"Seen here finished on my easel before framing, this imagined landscape depicts a lone individual taking a walk in a Winter scene. The colours of this work were inspired by two paintings which I had spent a lot of time looking at beforehand. Frosty Walk was painted and sold in 2019 but is available in print."