Shelter

40″(102cm) x 23″(58cm) – measurements include the frame

We are quietly (or rather loudly) obsessing over Dorothy Ledwith – and we don’t say that lightly.

This stunning piece ‘The Shelter’ is an acknowledgement of the unexpected beauty that can be found in the practical structures that surround us – and transforming a commercial agricultural shed that is so familiar to us in our everyday, into something beautiful and compelling, tucked into the landscape 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