Galway Hookers

'Galway Hookers'  Oil on Canvas  Patricia Kavanagh

The Gift of The Seagull

"Seagulls"  Oil on Canvas.  Patricia Kavanagh

"A lonely seagull flies the winds

Majestic...soaring... gliding wings

A single screech sounds from the sky

Come fly with me...come here and fly!

My spirit floats to be a part

I feel the beating of its heart

My soul, one with this bird of sea

Now knows the meaning, to fly free!

I feel the winds caress my soul

And soar the streams without a goal

My being trembles of delight

A treasure I received tonight

The seagull's flight of soaring high

The gift of what it means to fly!

A poem by Munda

Calm Before the Storm

'Calm Before the Storm'  Oil on Board.  Patricia Kavanagh

"My soul is awakened, my spirit is soaring.

And carried aloft on the wings of the breeze;

For above, and around me, the wild wind is roaring,

Arousing to rapture the earth and the seas.

The long withered grass in the sunshine is glancing,

The bare trees are tossing their branches on high;

The dead leaves beneath them are merrily dancing,

The white clouds are scudding across the blue sky.

I wish I could see how the ocean is lashing

The foam of its billows to whirlwinds of spray,

I wish I could see how its proud waves are dashing

And hear the wild roar of their thunder today.

by Anne Bronte

Stormy Skies over The Burren

'Looks like Rain' at Newquay, Co Clare

Oil on Canvas  Patricia Kavanagh

'The Walk at The Flaggy Shore'

Oil on Canvas  Patricia Kavanagh

'Thunder Clouds on the Burren'

Oil on Canvas  Patricia Kavanagh

                                              

Furbo Strand

'Furbo Strand'  Oil on Canvas  Patricia Kavanagh

"O grey and bleak, by shore and creek, the rugged rocks abound,

But sweet and green the grass between, as grows on Irish ground

So friendship fond, all wealth beyond, and love that lives away

Bless each poor home beside your foam, my dear old Galway Bay". 

Sunset at Kinvara

'Sunset at Kinvara'  Oil on Canvas  Patricia Kavanagh

'Summer Sunset at Kinvara'  Oil on Canvas.  Patricia Kavanagh

"A boat on the sea, my boat

Eager and frail!

Sweet skies, smile as you look 

On that fairy sail.

Waves, great waves, many years

You have worked your will.

Just while she passes through

Kind waves, be still.

Winds - and I may not ask

That you never blow,

But spare her the moaning note

That old boats know".

by Ethel Turner

The Cliffs of Moher

'By The Cliffs'  Oil on Canvas  Patricia Kavanagh 

'On The Rocks'  Oil on Canvas  Patricia Kavanagh