Exhibition 12 Sept 24 - 5 Nov 24

These paintings are currently being exhibited at the Ìontas Art Centre, County Monaghan as part of Magaret's SCÉALTA MO SHINSIR collection

Ag tiomáint na ba abhaile / Driving the cows home

Ag tiomáint na ba abhaile / Driving the cows home

€650.00

Original Painting

Medium: A palette knife oil painting on canvas.
Size: 0” x0”

To me, this is a scene so often repeated on many a country road throughout the land. In the background we have the rolling drumlins of Monaghan as a young boy helps his grandfather to drive the cows home, guiding that last cow, the “straggler” down a typical rural road, and watched by his faithful Border Collie. Along the way, they pass a derelict house, roof damaged, wild plants climbing the weathered walls. This scene represents the continuation of traditions, the handing down of old ways, the abandoned dwelling, a reminder of previous generations who also would have passed this way with their cattle through the ages.

 

 

During the exhibition dates this painting may be purchased from the Ìontas Art Centre. Email: marketing@iontascastleblayney.ie or Call: 042 975 3400

Contact Details

Margaret McKenna
Carrick Eighter, Virginia, Co. Cavan, Ireland
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Art to me, is storytelling a means to visually capture the atmosphere and tell the tales behind our landscape or capture the essence of that person’s character.

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