There's something about the light in Ireland that draws artists from around the world.  Perhaps it is her geographical position that makes the light different here, but for certain, there is more magic, mystery, and madness in an Irish sky than anywhere else in the world.  Be it sunsets, mist covered mountains, or clear blue skies, in Ireland they are more vivid, and more saturated with colour and light than anywhere else.

		"Perhaps it is a combination of the light and the ancient spiritual culture that makes painting in Ireland so special. Or maybe it is the loneliness of an island race cast out in the Atlantic, cut off from the rest of Europe. Nowhere will you find a people with lonelier tales of loss and emigration.  You can almost hear the ancient piper's haunting music as you stand there with your easel and paints trying to capture the elusive magic of that scurrying mist draping over the mountainside." (Mullally 1932)
	photo: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/ireland/

For who can deny that the artist is unknowingly influenced by the previous days events, and by the people he/she has met and spent time with the previous day? So, chose your companions carefully in Ireland.  You will love them all, but your paintings will reflect the character of the Irish whether you like it or not.

 There are dozens of Painting Schools around Ireland and  this page will surely lead you to the best painting schools in Ireland and the best sources for Artists Supplies in Ireland

Whether your medium is oils, acrylics, watercolours or pastels, you will find in Ireland the inspiration to be the best you have ever been! 

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	Whatever your medium, be it oil-painting, watercolours, acrylics, pastels or charcoal,  there are Irish painting holidays to suit your requirements.  The West of Ireland is particularly popular, and who cannot be inspired by Yeats Country, Joyce Country, and the Country of Paul Henry.   Connemara on a misty day, or the sun setting  over the Atlantic, a  thatched cottage, or someone bringing home the turf, must surely adorn many a painters walls. Painting Holidays Ireland   Painting lessons Ireland   Irish Painting Schools  Painting Holidays Ireland On Achill Island you can spend a few days brushing up on your painting skills and brush up on your Irish at the same time with Seosamh Ó'Dálaigh! Further South in Kells, County Kerry, one can spend a few days with experienced Master Tutor Maureen Cahill. In fact all over the country, you will find such Irish Painting Holidays.  They are out there waiting for you.
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