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View down the central tiled path of a glasshouse. It is one of two restored traditional, kitchen garden glasshouses at the Florence Court estate in Fermanagh. They have been built on the footprints of the original kitchen garden glasshouses, which were lost after the gardens fell into disrepair post-World War 2. There are wooden planters on both sides of the aisle, with plants growing in them. Against a whitewashed brick wall on the right there is also a large pot with a small tree in it, a folded up table and two metal chairs. Blue sky can be seen through the glass windows of the roof. There are four ceiling lamps in metal, industrial style shades running along the glasshouse below the roof. The whole glasshouse is brightly lit by the sun.

Nurture

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Photo: kitchen garden, Florence Court, April 2026

#WindowsOnWednesday #WednesdayWindows #Gardening #ECK #EastCoastKin #NationalTrust #Fermanagh

Small oil paint sketch of man in red jacket crossing a street. His reflection is seen in a puddle.

Day 8 April #oilpainting sketch a day. Ref photo by Jonny Gios on Unsplash.

William L. Hawkins (27 July 1895 – 1990) was an American folk artist whose work began receiving acclaim in the 1980s. Hawkins frequently used a variety of media, including discarded materials, to create his paintings.

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William L. Hawkins (American Artist, 1895-1990)

A mountain landscape with dramatic sky. Sunlight held behind dark storm clouds and a washing line cutting diagonally across the foreground, from the centre to the right hand side. The clothes are being blown by the wind, clinging onto the line. Palette is Payne’s grey, olive, raw umber, unbleached titanium and warm white.

My latest painting: oil on birch panel, 70 x 100cm

I wanted to add something that would look out of place in the landscape, yet in harmony with it. A symbol of mundanity clinging on. Almost transient.

#oilpainting #landscape #grief

In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists.

Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.

Oversized ladder stile over wall in brown upland moors overlooking green valleys and blue sky

Stilin' from Bank Holiday Monday. Was officially in THE LAKE DISTRICT but met no one on this lovely bit of upland.

remember those other branches of government

Now the original drawing is up and available! Check it out here: www.orlaclancycontemporaryart.com/unframed-works-on-paper/... #art #oilpasteldrawing #westcork #monasticruin #enpleinair #wildatlanticway #irishwomanartist #irishlandscapeart

Thank you - that means a lot! 🙏

A mountain landscape with dramatic sky. Sunlight held behind dark storm clouds and a washing line cutting diagonally across the foreground, from the centre to the right hand side. The clothes are being blown by the wind, clinging onto the line. Palette is Payne’s grey, olive, raw umber, unbleached titanium and warm white.

My latest painting: oil on birch panel, 70 x 100cm

I wanted to add something that would look out of place in the landscape, yet in harmony with it. A symbol of mundanity clinging on. Almost transient.

#oilpainting #landscape #grief

A mostly ink fairly vibrant high contrast drawing of a fox face with many lines and scratchings

Big soft fox face picture

Artemis II Orion Capsule "Integrity" On 1 April 2026, the Artemis II mission launched for a crewed trip around the Moon.  I had heard that, in the Apollo missions, the spaceship...

Very cool amateur imaging of Artemis II on its way to the moon by amateur astronomer (and Bad Astronomy Newsletter subscriber!) Ross Cunniff:

racunniff.blogspot.com/2026/04/arte...

"Fail to prepare..." 🤣

I literally don't know how you did that...

Battery showing very decidedly 0%

Slow tortoise dash board symbol - a first

Rolling off the ferry at Holyhead to get to Suffolk for my stepfather’s 80th and my younger brother bets no way I make it without charging. A bets a bet although I maybe hoped it wouldn’t be quite this close. Tbf it’s 50km over the advertised range. (1/2) - stay for the kicker

Read our opinion piece on AMOC! Now!

Thx Marcie. I share your goal.

Anonymous artists are secretly filling Portland’s cracked sidewalks with mosaic art Over the past few months, the Portland Tile Guerrillas have installed dozens of artworks featuring Grateful Dead lyrics and tributes to local history.

“Once in a while, you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right.” Oh Portland, never change. www.oregonlive.com/living/2026/...

A mixed media painting of summer wildflowers and grasses, twisted and intertwined beneath a clear blue sky. Predominantly reds, with scribbles of greens, yellows, black and white.

Tangled: mixed media on panel, 40 x 50cm. 20% off all available work for the rest of the Easter break, including free shipping in the EU & UK (other destinations contact me for a quote). 🙂 #artsale #irishart #oilpainting

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This is Sprout. He just turned 21, so his doggy retirement home threw him the party of the year. After getting his new ID, Sprout got his first legal pup cup, then he and his friends celebrated with cake, presents, and even a Sprout-themed calendar. 13/10 happy birthday buddy #SeniorPupSaturday

"The president has launched our nation and our great military into a war of choice, risking American lives and resources, ignoring American law, and endangering our allies and partners. It does nothing to help with the urgent problems here at home that Americans face every day..."

Pete Buttigieg

"Cats by Fireplace", 1960.
Woodblock Print, 59 × 44 cm.

Inagaki Tomoo (Japanese, 1902–1980).

Private Collection.
#art #painting #illustration #caturday

Thanks Kat - and back at you! x

Thank you! Hope you're doing well x

A mixed media painting of summer wildflowers and grasses, twisted and intertwined beneath a clear blue sky. Predominantly reds, with scribbles of greens, yellows, black and white.

Tangled: mixed media on panel, 40 x 50cm. 20% off all available work for the rest of the Easter break, including free shipping in the EU & UK (other destinations contact me for a quote). 🙂 #artsale #irishart #oilpainting

www.artachart.com/available-work

'Waste Ground (Free Trade Street)'
Graphite Sketch

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