Matilda

Matilda is a Kerry Sheep, one of the many thousands that inhabit the green hillsides above the village of DunnQuin, County Kerry, Ireland. Some say that all sheep are alike and look alike - but I venture to disagree. This here is Matilda, woolly in the extreme and black of features. She crossed my path one afternoon when I was painting other things like scenery, green fields and a vast Irish sky. Simply decided to paint her.

Saw her in a purple haze and a red ground and that's exactly the was she wanted to look too.

It's a small work, only 4" high and 5" across - but I am offering prints through fineartamerica.com ( not sure you can link therough here but that's the entry address, then look for my pages )- because of using a " fine " pixel setting on my camera, you can get Matilda in sizes up to 24" x 30" ---- wow!

The original is not for sale - it is destined to hang in the Kerry house.