The Heaving Sea at the Foot of Fanad (Donegal) (2024)Acrylic painting by Emma Cownie

Fanad Lighhouse (Donegal) . One of the 12 Great lighthouses of Ireland. It was built in 1886 at Fanad Head (although the station was originally established in 1817). Fanad is a peninsula that lies between Lough Swilly and Mulroy Bay on the north coast of County Donegal, Ireland. The lighthouse, or more acrrately, the harbour light, marks the entrance into Lough Swilly which forms a natural harbour.

I was interested creating the sense of space from the mountains of the Inishowen Peninsula in the distance. I often find myself looking at the tiny Fanad lighthouse far off in the distance when I am at Lisfannon on the Inishowen Penisula. There is a sign comemorating a famous storm In 1748, that threatened to sink the ship of one John Newton, a slave trader. He was so frightened during the tempest that he called out to God for mercy. This moment marked his spiritual conversion, and he later went on to write the words for the hymn “Amazing Grace” and campaign for the abolition of slavery.

The heaving sea at the foot of the massoive lighthouse rock intrigued me. I wondered about the long and difficult process of building this structure all those years ago.

ORIGINAL ART BY Emma Cownie – Finest quality acrylic painting on linen canvas, varnished – Only the highest quality archival fine art acrylic paints are used on the surface. The surface has been with an isolation coat and a statin varnish, to protect the painting.

READY TO HANG – Edges of the canvas are painted so the Art is ready to hang without a frame if required.

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Materials used:

acrylic on linen canvas

Details:

• Acrylic painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 76 x 51 x 2cm
• Ready to hang
• Signed on the back
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky

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