Lights – (Outside Ennis)

40.5″(103cm) x 23″(56cm) – measurements include the frame

Dorothy Ledwith strikes again. Another absolutely incredible piece;  ‘Lights (Outside Ennis)’ is an truly striking original oil painting. Large too at a metre in width, it is a real talking piece!

Once again, an acknowledgement of the unexpected beauty that can be found in the practical structures that surround us – and a comfort in the views that are so familiar to us in our everyday. The first sight of lights as you approach a town from the motorway (in this case Ennis)  this could be anywhere that speaks to you really couldn’t it?
The magnificent talent of this artist to turn something that is so part of our everyday, into something so beautiful and compelling, emerging from the darkness like this.

Having been regularly chosen to exhibit at the RHA annual exhibition, as well as in galleries around Ireland, Dorothy’s work has a fabulously distinctive style.  Her gentle, muted colour palette lends itself to gorgeous, aged aesthetic – and she creates such carefully considered compositions. This artist’s handling of oils is nothing short of exquisite and exudes such quiet confidence.

To say we are fans is an understatement.

Dorothy works in oils, print and gouache. The subject matter of her work includes urban-scapes, landscapes and still life. Her immediate urban surroundings of old chimney pots, gable ends and rows of power lines feature regularly in her work. In her landscape paintings she tries to reflect the splendid countryside of counties Clare, Galway and Limerick. Dorothy has developed very much her own style of painting and a palette of muted tones