I paint remembered landscapes.

‘Sunlight Falls’ 100x120cm Finished in a white tray frame #madeinireland #EstherOKelly #painter #artiststudio #artistlife #contemporyart #belfastart #belfastpainter #artexhibition #artcollector
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‘It takes a land’ 60x60cm #madeinireland #EstherOKelly #painter #artiststudio #artistlife #contemporyart #belfastart #belfastpainter #artexhibition #artcollector
‘Deep Dreaming’ 120x100cm #madeinireland #EstherOKelly #painter #artiststudio #artistlife #contemporyart #belfastart #belfastpainter #artexhibition #artcollector
I am so ready for longer & lighter days. Bring it on. ‘In Bloom’ 25x30cm Oil on canvas #madeinireland #EstherOKelly #painter #artiststudio #artistlife #contemporyart #belfastart #belfastpainter #artexhibition #artcollector
This is a section of a recent work on paper which was made after learning some new glazing and colour mixing techniques from @eamon_colman. I love the depth and tonal quality that this process creates and have started to introduce it into my larger w
The bigger experience of place can come much later as a realisation, as though the experience is only complete when viewed from a distance. ‘The Shortest Day’ 100x120cm Enquire @canvasgalleries #madeinireland #EstherOKelly #painter #
Sometimes the paintings I make are not necessarily the ones that are intended, but they come anyway, intuitively and in suspense, via smudges, spills, opacities, translucencies, hardness and softness, showing me always what is just out of sight. &ls
A little green white and orange for the weekend. Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh. ‘A Journey on Foot’ 76x122cm Enquire @canvasgalleries #madeinireland #EstherOKelly #painter #artiststudio #artistlife #contemporyart
A little green white and orange for the weekend. Lá Fhéile Pádraig sona daoibh. ‘A Journey on Foot’ 76x122cm Enquire @canvasgalleries #madeinireland #EstherOKelly #painter #artiststudio #artistlife #contemporyart
‘I went to the Forest’ 100x120cm Enquire @canvasgalleries #madeinireland #EstherOKelly #painter #artiststudio #artistlife #contemporyart #belfastart #belfastpainter #artexhibition #artcollector
This painting was always on the verge of falling over, my attempt to weave abstract thoughts such as emotions and the dreamworld into a structure of fine lines, layers and glazes. I see it now as complete, my visual translation from the inside out.
Have you known the life long power of place? Does place have a hold on you? Such a place can look harmless enough, its very benignity may be all that is nessacary. All it need do is exist. ‘Landmark’ 34x 45cm Enquire@hamblyandhambly