Seamus Heaney Series

Blackberry-Picking by Seamus Heaney is a poem that contrasts childhood with adulthood and explores the disappointments and the tension that ensue. In two short stanzas the reader is taken into the exciting, idealistic world of the blackberry picker, and the harsh reality of time as perceived by the hardened adult.

This is an oil painting of blackberries exploring the rich colours of blackberries in nature and recalling the poetry of Seamus Heaney. 

It is available now in the Horner Gallery.

This is a special one-off painting just in time for Mother's Day. The composition is based on the Peeling Potatoes scene from Seamus Heaney's collection of sonnets where he reflects on his special relationship with his Mother.

Portrait of Seamus Heaney

Watercolour

Watercolour painting inspired by the poem "Holly" by Seamus Heaney. It is box framed in off-white obeche, 30mm deep.

Memories of Seamus Heaney are all box framed in off-white obeche, 30mm deep. Will look great on any wall. A perfect gift.

This one is a watercolour illustration of that well known poem, "Digging" from Death of a Naturalist (1966).
It is box framed in off-white obeche, 30mm deep. 

Watercolour illustration of that well known poem, "Blackberry Picking".
It is box framed in off-white obeche, 30mm deep. 

This is a watercolour of the Bellaghy Bawn with the "Turf Man" sculpture inspired by Seamus Heaney's poem "Digging".
"Between my finger and my thumb the squat brush rests..."

Watercolour.