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Lake Kilarney is part of the Ring of Kerry in South West Eire. This view is near Muckross. It is a simple watercolour painting to illustrate how the light was diffused through the clouds and mist and reflected back off the water. It was captured spontaneously and during one Spring afternoon.

All I had with me at the time was a small box of half pan watercolour paints known as a Bijou box, one sable brush and a block pad of watercolour paper. There was no easel nor anything to sit on.

So instead I used my left arm as an easel and painted my picture of lake Kilarney while standing up. I used bottled spring water too and not water from the lake.

Fast painting techniques were used to capture the seemingly spiritual lighting seeping through the clouds and reflecting back off the water. It was this light that made me to want to paint this simple scene.

There was a mist at the far end of the lake that seemed to want to blend the distant mountains in with th...

Fine Art Painter Introduction An established British fine art painter residing and working in the Llanon region of mid West Wales, (United Kingdom). I have been fine art painting for about 50+ years of which the last 34 years have been spent running my own creative businesses. I have had unconventional art publication successes. My art has been exclusively screened on British TV. I have exhibited, numerous times, both solely and with other artists in shared exhibitions, within the UK. I have sold my original fine art paintings and reproduction prints through traditional outlets and through the Internet including this site. Many of my original paintings, illustrations and cartoons hang in private collections within the United Kingdom,...