Oil paintings of Beara landscapes by John Eagle
I paint from the heart, working my
brush the way my mood takes me. I will often spend hours, if not days
developing my paintings to get them the way I want them to be. I
rarely look at pictures, as I paint from memory. I like to paint dark
in order to make the important subject matter come alive. My oils come alive when the spotlights touch them
and then you come into the world I have created for you
My work can be viewed at Cleo Gallery,
Kenmare and The Bantry Craft Shop, Glengarriff Road, Bantry, Co. Cork.

'Drying the clothes in Beara'
20x8 inches

'Passing Storm'
oil on canvas 16x12 inches
Mick standing outside his door checking
on the sheep after the deluge
Prints available

'Seamus bringing the sheep home for
shearing'
oil on canvas 20x12 inches

'Walking with Sheep'
Helen Theresa walking with sheep in the
mountains. She loved to escape into the hills of Beara to be on her own
with the sheep, wearing her purple gown with its soft velvet hood
(the above oil was painted over 'Beara
Valley' at the bottom of the page)

'Seamus bring the sheep down from the
mountain with his brother'
20x8 inches

'Gathering the Flock'
20x16 inches

'Washing Line in Beara'
24 x 8 inches

'The Turf Cart' #2
Seamus returning home with cart loaded
with turf from the bog
15x12 inches oil on canvas
Prints available from Zenfolio site

'Gathering Sheep' #2
oil on canvas 15x11 inches

Beara Valley #6
16x12 inches
oil on canvas

Returning home in Beara
20x16 inches oil on canvas

'The Hidden Valley'
20x16 inches oil on canvas
Returning home I see the fire is lit, a
welcome sight after spending all day rounding sheep in the Beara hills

'After Sheep'
oil on canvas 20x16 inches
Seamus trying to find a way to cross the raging flood to go after his
sheep

Seamus bringing the flock home
oil on canvas
24x12 inches

'Going after sheep in the mountains of Beara'
oil on canvas 24x12 inches

'Going after sheep'
oil on canvas 16x12 inches
On show at Cleo Gallery, Kenmare

'Moonlight in the Beara Valley'
In memory of Dick Grogan who passed
away on the day I painted this oil, something I didn't learn until after
I had painted it. Dick boosted my confidence as a painter, arranging a
show for me at the Old Market Arts Centre in Dungarvan 2005. Over ten
years he bought several of my oils, often giving me sound advice along
the way. He showed my work to people all over Ireland. Rest in peace
Dick, a true gentleman
oil on canvas 24x12 inches (60x30cm)
On show at the Bantry Craft Shop
Prints available

'Returning Home'
oil on canvas 16x12 inches
On show at the Beara Light Gallery, can be viewed by appointment only

'Seamus moving his sheep to higher ground'
oil on canvas 12x10 inches
On show at the Cleo Gallery, Kenmare

'Seamus gathering his sheep'
oil on canvas 12x10 inches
On show at the Beara Light Gallery, can be viewed by appointment only

'Seamus going after the sheep'
oil on canvas 12x10 inches
On show at the Cleo Gallery, Kenmare

'Home in the Valley'
oil on canvas 12x10 inches
Seamus with the fire going great guns in his cobblers cottage. He was
darning his socks, looking after himself well after Mary past away
earlier in the year. His Dash his black and white collie, ever faithful,
he had no means to be downhearted, and sure he talked to all his
neighbours at Mass when after he did the weekly shopping
On show at the Beara Light Gallery, can be viewed by appointment only

'Spring in the Valley'
After a harsh winter the valley is getting some colour back
oil on canvas 8x8 inches
Prints available

'Stoking the fire'
20x16 inch oil on canvas
Seamus is stoking up his turf burning range to heat the house for the coming night

'After Sheep'
oil on canvas 20x16 inches
prints available

'Back of the Glen'
20x28 inches oil on canvas

'Moonlight in a Beara Valley'
12x12 inches oil on canvas

'Waiting'
oil on canvas
Seamus waiting at the foot of his lane for a lift into town
On display Cleo Gallery, Kenmare

'Walk in the Moonlight'
oil on canvas
20x8 inches
I am doing a new series of oil paintings I'm calling 'minimalistic colour' concentrating on black, grey and white adding touches oif colour

'Cave'

'After the Rain'
oil on canvas

'Outpouring'
oil on canvas
After several days of rain the mountains had to empty themselves
8x32 inches
Painted over, this oil no longer
exists as of 26.8.17

The Pocket
from the top of the waterfall looking down into the pocket
16x12 inches oil on canvas
Postcard of this oil painting available

'River in Flood'
16x12 inches
No rain for weeks and then suddenly the heavens opened and there was water everywhere
On show at the Beara Light Gallery, can be viewed by appointment only

'Beara Hills'
oil on canvas 32x8 inches
On show at the Beara Light Gallery, can be viewed by appointment only

'Daybreak'
Moonlight paintings
When the moon is full in Beara the light is exceptionally beautiful. I have long enjoyed the moonlight here in Beara
On show at the Beara Light Gallery, can be viewed by appointment only The oil painting won the prestigious Sarah Walker Award at the Beara Arts Exhibition 2010

'Daybreak #2'
When Daybreak #1 went to be exhibited in a gallery in the States I was distraught and began to miss it terribly, so I painted another to take its place. Now I have both of them in my Beara Light Gallery where you can come and look at them if you so wish, but please make an appointment first. |I suppose there will come a day when they will sell. but until they do I will enjoy them to their full. I mean they are like children to me, I created them with a great deal of love and dedication, and it is often painfully hard for me to part with my work. I only hope they go to good homes
On show at the Beara Light Gallery, can be viewed by appointment only

Beara Flowers
(this is a reworking of the canvas I first did last year. The original is lower down the page)
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Beara Moonlight
20x8 inches
The sun has set, the full moon is lighting the mountains of Beara

'Moonlight'

The Bog in Moonlight
12x12 inches

Moonlight in the Valley
20x16 inches

'Beara Flowers'
20x8 inches

'The Pocket'
16x12 inches
Looking down from the top of the waterfall

'Sunshine in Beara'
18x14 inches

Returning the sheep to the Valley
12x16 inches

'Taking sheep to higher ground'
16x20 inches

'Going for a stroll'
8x24 inches
Last house in the Beara valley lived Seamus with his dog

'Beara Valley'
16x12 inches

detail of house in 'Beara Valley'

Old Green Road
16x12 inches

Summer in the Valley
20x12 inches
painted September 2010

Out of the Heavens
painted August 2010

A Shaft of Light
painted July 2010

Gathering Storm
20x12 inches
painted June 2010

The Kerry Hills
24x12 inches

Break in the Storm
16x12 inches
painted April 14th 2009
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'Shelter from the Storm'
24x12 inches
painted: February 2009
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'Break in the Clouds'
28x20 inches
July, the grass is green but rain falls relentlessly and then suddenly there is a break in the clouds and with any luck we will be able to cut the hay and save it before the next lot of rain comes |
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'Lull in the Storm'
28x20 inches |
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'Eyeries'
24x20 inches

'Gathering the Sheep'
28x20 inches
A farmer gathers his sheep high up in the Caha Mountains of Beara

'Shelter from the Storm'
30x20 inches
farmhouse detail 
Safe in the protection of the mountains
For those of you keeping count, this is version 3 of this oil, this one done April 6 2008

'The Caha Mountains, Beara, West Cork'
30x20 inches

'First Light'
27x20 inches
Up at the crack of dawn
'The Way Home'
Passing the bog on the way home
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Calm Before the Storm
20x16 inches
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The Valley
24x20 inches
I always felt protected in the valley, safe from the dangers of the outside World
Price €425 inches
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'Summer in the Valley'
20x16 inches |

'Gathering Storm'
24x20 inches

Home is the Valley
20x16 inches |
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'Hidden Valley'
20x16 inches
The meandering walk home through the valley, stopping at the bridge to watch the stream babbling underneath |
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'Making Ready'
24x16 inches
Spring time in the West of Ireland, making the boats ready for fishing
On show at the Cleo Gallery, Kenmare
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'Gathering the Flock'
20x15 inches
oil on canvas

'Seamus bringing home the sheep'
20x16 inch oil on canvas
Seamus after being in the hills since
after lunch bringing the flock down with his dog Shep
Sold at Beara Arts Festival for €615,
all monies go to Cancer Connect

'After Sheep'
Seamus going after sheep across a
swollen river in the Beara mountains
20x16 inches oil on canvas

After the Storm
16x12 inches
oil on canvas
Huddled in their farmhouse Seamus and Maggie watch the raging flood
waters pour opff the mountains

'Summer in the Beara Valley'
based on Cumeengadhra, Valley of the Hound, at the back of which stands
the ruins of a cluster of houses

'Tim bringing home the sheep'
oil on canvas 20x16 inches

After the Storm
oil on canvas 16x12 inches
Prints available

'Seamus at the door of his house waiting for News'
16x20 inches

The Way through the Beara mountains
8x20 inches

'Preparation'
16x12 inches oil on canvas
Seamus and friends preparing the boats to go fishing

'The Salmon Pool'
20x8 inches
Deep in the mountains of Beara, a place to swim, relax and get away from it all

'Evening Light'
oil on canvas 20x16 inches

Summer in the Valley

Beara Farm
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Painted over, gone but not forgotton

'Beara Valley'
20x8 inches

Ardgroom at Christmas

'Will Our Paths Ever Meet?'

Light my Fire

'Clothes drying in Beara'
oil on canvas 16x12 inches
painted over with 'Preparation'
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