smokie mountain Scene

just added smokie mountain picture to my dawanda  shop

Irish Castles

Greetings just added a new picture to my etsty shop a small stretched picture inspired by the old ruins of an Irish Castle. I particularly like working from images of ruins  and almost feel like I am stepping in to the past I start to imagine what happened on this exact spot what battles were  fought who lived and worked there what did they wear If only we had time travel

An Irish Castle

The Bragan Cross

The Bragan Cross

The Bragan Cross

An original silk wall hanging created using a combination of batik and silk painting Inspired by the Celtic cross on the Bragan mountain in county Monaghan The cross is a penal cross situated on the very spot where a mass rock used to be It is believed a priest was killed there while saying mass.   Today the Bragan is a rustic beauty spot relatively undiscovered.

 

 

The Finish Line

This wall hanging is a collaboration between batik artist Louise Loughamn and handweaver Liz Christy it is inspired by a day at the races. The silk piece is done using a combination of batik and silk painting in rich golds, rusts and purples then it was appliqued onto a hand woven fabric by LIz Christy

You can view this piece on wwwArtonSilkbyLouise@etsy.com

The Finish Line

Sand Horses

This wall hanging is inspired by a day at the Lay town races in Ireland I have called it sand horses because the soft gold tones reflect the colours on the beach

Sand Horses

Sand Horses

Racing in the storm

This is a silk wall hanging inspired by a day at Laytown it is done using a comnbination of batik and silk painting in bright primary colours I recently posted it on http://ArtonSilkbyLouise@etsy.comif you want to view some of my other work take a look

Racing in the Storm

racing on the beach