Irish Sun

100 × 100cm, Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
(108 × 108cm framed)

“I’ve travelled north and south and east and west in search of mountain peaks; but never until here and now have I found peaks whose summits reached so near to God as do you men of Donegal.”
Rockwell Kent, It’s Me O Lord (1955)

Created as part of Kevin Lowery’s LAND’S END - An Artist’s Journey to Glenlough 100 Years After Rockwell Kent exhibition, Irish Sun is a tribute to Kent’s painting of the same name, inspired by the monumental sea cliffs and untamed Atlantic landscape of County Donegal. The work reflects Kevin’s experience of travelling through and painting a landscape shaped by exposure, isolation and continually changing weather.

The exhibition runs at the Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, from October 3 to November 14, and paintings will be available for collection or delivery after the end of the exhibition.