The Mourne Mountains 

Pictured: "On the Road to Hare's Gap"

From Slieve Lough Shannagh

From Hare's Gap

Mournes at Spring Ploughing Time

Imagine just driving along the road and turning a corner, this view appears before you!

It was begging to be painted. 

When I was young, Spring was ploughing time, but new farming practices may have altered this in some places. 

View from Fladstaff

Mournes Near Hilltown

Autumn Morning Mournes

On the Road to Hare's Gap

Misty Morning

Shady Lane

Narrow Water Castle

Trassey Bridge

An Autumn Stroll

Back in the late 1990s, my right shoulder began to give me severe pain; I could only paint for very short periods of time, even with painkillers. 

I saw these beautiful trees as I was being driven out from Newry to visit my sister-in-law. When I returned home, I painted them from memory. I had to take my time, as I was using my left hand, and was amazed to find I could actually achieve something worthwhile - though very, very slowly. Eventually, the shoulder pain got so bad I had to go for a rotator cuff operation, which was very successful.

I was going to call it Recollections in Tranquillity, as a nod to the poet William Wordsworth, but my daughter Fiona suggested An Autumn Stroll, which seemed much more appropriate. 

Mournes from Monescalp Road

Tullymore Forest Fire

Below Trassey Bridge

A dead branch cast aside by a recent storm.

This was a little spot we visited a lot as children, as it was just at the bottom of the "Stoney Lonnan," as we referred to it. 

Instead of walking the tarred road, taking this Stoney Lonnan shortened the journey to the little Primary School on Tullaree Road for some of my friends who lived up the hill beyond the Trassey river. 

Slieve Martin

Mournes from Dromena

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