Curious Sheep - Ireland

Sheep at the Stone Wall

While exploring the countryside in Ireland we did a lot of walking.    Green pastures were dotted with sheep and often they were standing alongside the stone walls that separated one field from the next.   Unlike the cows, which would walk toward us and even "say hello," the sheep would just stare quietly.   It was as if our very presence caused them to become frozen in place, and they wouldn't make a sound.

Allihies Dairy Farmer II

Dairy Farmer - County Clare

This painting depicts a dairy farmer in the southwestern Ireland, specifically the Beara Penninsula, which is the furthest western landmass, a part of County Clare.  The distant hills were covered in a patchwork of shades of green and pink.   In this field, a large steel milk drum on wheels sat near an old gate.    As the farmer walked to it, the cows followed him, as if they expected a treat.   More likely, they knew it was milking time.