Artists Receptions and Galway Bay

I’m feeling especially blessed this morning. Thank you to all the dear friends who braved extreme temps last night to be at the Artists Reception at the artZ Gallery in Amery. It was such a fun time of gathering with artists and art lovers in the community and being able to share about what inspires me in my paintings. And it was exciting to learn that there were art receptions in all THREE of the Amery galleries last night! That’s a pretty amazing accomplishment - especially for a small town!

My mom is a great supporter of my efforts and recently asked if I could paint a picture of the sun setting on Galway Bay. She remembered a song about it from her high school years. There are lots of pictures of sunsets on the bay, but I found one that focused on the reflected light of the sun going down on the picturesque buildings of the Claddagh community overlooking Galway Bay. This row of buildings is built on an ancient fishing village – one of the first settlements in Ireland. It’s also the home of the original Claddagh ring made by a jeweler in this village. This week’s painting, Sunset on Claddagh, 10” x 15” on 300 lb. watercolor paper, also features the Corrib River which runs through Galway town and into the sea.