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Wild Atlantic Way Irish oil seascape paintings on canvas by John Eagle

Seascape and fishing themes

'Working on the Boats'

oil on canvas

'Readying the big black boat to go fishing'

Donal and his brothers preparing the big black tarred boat to go fishing for mackerel'

oil on canvas

'After the Storm' #26

Low lying clouds slowly clearing off the Beara mountains after a long storm

'Wild Night'

oil on canvas

A lowering sky threatening a storm on the wild coast of South West Ireland. The fishermen have secured their boat and are in the house by a warm fire recounting tales

'Tending boats'

Tending to repairs on their boats while the wild Atlantic storm batters the coast

oil on canvas 20x16 inches

On display at the Bantry Craft Shop, Glengarriff Road

Rowing home #2

Seamus and Tim were caught by surprise by the violent storm and fought against the waves to row home

On show at the Beara Light Gallery, can be viewed by appointment only

Rowing Home'

24x12 inches

Seamus and Tim rowing for home with the evening catch

On display at the Bantry Craft Shop, Glengarriff Road

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Waiting for News

fishing community searching the coastline for news of their loved ones

oil on canvas 20x16 inches

detail from painting below

'Rowing for home'

oil on canvas 16x12 inches

 With the light of the lantern for company Seamus and Tim row for home. They had braved worse weather but the tide was against them this time and it would take mighty strength to get the catch home safely

'Heading home with the day's catch'

oil on canvas 24x12 inches

On show at the Beara Light Gallery, can be viewed by appointment only

'Riding out the storm'

Tim and Seamus rowing desperately for safety with a large catch

oil on canvas

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'Waiting out the storm'

oil on canvas 8x8 inches

The brothers are in the house mending their nets, telling stories, waiting for the storm to pass

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'Boat Repair'

16x12 inches oil on canvas showing Seamus and his brother Mihael making repair to their fishing boat on a wild blustery day

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'Stormy Day'

20x12 inches oil on canvas

on show in the Eventide Gallery Essex USA

'Heading Out'

12x16 inches oil on canvas

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'Bringing home the catch'

oil on canvas 24x18 inches

available as a print original oil SOLD

'Bringing home the catch'

oil on canvas 20x8 inches

original oil still available

'Stormy Night'

16x12 inches oil on canvas

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On show at the Beara Light Gallery, can be viewed by appointment only

'Heading Out'

12x16 inches oil on canvas

Agnes watches as her husband and brother row out to go fishing

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Original oil painted over by the one higher up the page, same title. Prints still available though

'Almost Home'

oil on canvas 24x20 inches

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Postcard of this oil painting available

'Stormy Day'

Cold fingers for repairing fishing tackle with, salt spray on the boats, all laid up waiting for a break in the storms. It will come, have to be patient

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Gathering Storm 21A

This is a re-working of the one below. I decided to work on it some more

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'Gathering Storm' #21

The storm was just starting to move things around, Seamus and Mick hurried down to the boats to tie them down, make them as safe as possible before the heaving waves washed over the strand

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Beara Fishermen

24x8

This is a re-working of an oil I did a few years ago which you can see lower down the page. I have made a greeting card of it but the image for the card is reversed as I do not want the bend of the card to interfere with the house. The above image of the oil is how I painted it. For the greeting card I have renamed the painting 'Waiting out the Storm'

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'Gathering Storm'

oil on canvas 16x12 inches

The men hurriedly make the boats safe as the storm increases in force

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'Tending boats'

oil on canvas 16x12 inches

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'Waiting Out the Storm'

20x8 inches

The storm had been raging for a few days, so they spent their time making their best boat ready

(click in the bottom left and middle right for enlarged detail. Or click anywhere else to enlarge the whole scene)

'Almost Home'

oil on canvas 14x10 inches.

It was a calm day when Dan and Seamus headed out fishing, returning home late with nothing much to show for all their hard work. Still, Moira has the supper ready, not fresh fish though

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'Fishing Community'

now available as a greeting card

On show at tCindy's Gems Cafe, Eyeries

35x12 inches

(I have softened the left side of the oil because I felt those ridges were a bit over the top, as in the header image top of page)

'Ballycrovane'

Harbour on the Beara Peninsula which I have known for most of my life. In the 60s I used to go out from here to go fishing for mackerel

Available to buy as a greeting card

'Early Start'

20x8 inches oil on canvas depicting fishermen making an early start to go fishing. I suppose technically it is more of a landscape painting and perhaps should be in the Beara Light Gallery but the subject matter is sea and so I have put it in this here

'Fishing Late'

20x8 inches

'Keeping Watch'

20x8 inches

Keeping watch at a castle in County Clare, Ireland's west coast

'Dear Life'

Two men rowing for dear life in a violent storm

20x8 inches

'Fishing late'

High up in the Caha Mountains of Beara my friends fished until late in the evening

16x12 inches

Stormy Seas

20x8 inches

'Light in a Storm'

8x24 inches

'Rowing against the Storm

24x8 inches

Click here to watch the video of the above oil

Bringing the sheep home from the island

12x16 inches

Click here to view me painting  'Bringing the sheep home'

'Break in the Storm'

24x8 inches

(re-worked January 2014 and called 'Waiting Out the Storm')

'Riding out the storm'

'Essex River'

24x12 inches

'Stormy Forecast'

24x8 inches

'Essex River in moonlight'

20x8 inches

'Essex River'

24x9 inches

The above oils are inspired by a visit to Essex, Massachusetts

'Almost Home'

'Returning Home'

An Eagle's View of Bantry

20x8 inches

Painted September 2010

painted July 2009

Atlantic Storm

Shelter from the Storm

20x16 inches

Painted April 2009

'Rowing Against the Storm'

24x16 inches

painted: January 2009

Beara Coastline

24x12 inches

After the rain the sun comes out, highlighting the green fields

painted January 2009

Beara Coastline

24x12 inches

Mountains and wild coastline that is forever Beara

painted November 2008

Gathering Storm

36x12 inches

'Wreck'

40x20 inches

(when the oil is viewed in full size you can see people on the rocks)

'Waiting out the Storm' # 5

30x20 inches

We had the boat lifted early that year, tarred the hull and painted inside. Now we waited for the March storms to calm a bit so we could go out and try our luck

Heading Home

28x20 inches

'Bringing home the catch'

20x12 inches

Rowing for home after an evening on the water

painted June 2011

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'Tending the boats'

20x8 inches

SOLD at he Lavit Gallery

With the storm easing off the men tended to their boats in readiness to go fishing again

'Autumn Colours'

32x8 inches

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Three autumnal leaves with fields and houses on them, with a boat being rowed between two of them. It hung in the Bridge Gallery in Dublin for awhile.

'Gathering Storm'

14x10 inches oil on canvas painted July 21st 2014

Fishermen try to salvage their fishing boat as the storm gathers force

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Passing Storm

24x8 inches

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'Moonlight Smuggling'

painted over

oil on canvas 20x12 inches

(This is a reworking of the one below)

I painted over this oil painting, so it is only available now as a print. The one that took its place is 'Seamus bringing his sheep home for shearing' on my Landscapes page

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Moonlight smuggling (part painted over see above)

oil on canvas

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