ROBERT O'RORKE (B.1945)
Galway
signed ROBERT O'RORKE (on the canvas overlap)
oil on canvas
50.5 x 86.5 cm (20 x 34 in)
Painted in 1965

This work is based on a painting the artist completed in the West coast of Ireland.

During my second year at art school, two friends and I decided to drive to Ireland and paint the local views which we would then sell to the local hotels. The trip was a disaster. The minivan we were sleeping in continually broke down, it poured with rain most of the time (I was working in acrylic). In theory, we were camping but there was no way we could light a fire, so we lived on tins of cold beans, and the hotels we visited were already filled with views by other artists
Robert O'Rorke

We are grateful to Mr O'Rorke for the assistance in cataloguing this piece