Burren County Clare Ireland realist landscape painting mooring buoy moon orrery by Irish artist Fergus A Ryan

Moon Gate

I encountered this surreal moment in western Ireland. The marine weight for fishing nets, lit by the afternoon sun, seemed suspended like some planetary orrery against the lunar limestone landscape of the Burren. The strange intruder is watched by the daytime moon (upper right). When I returned a second time to survey the scene the wall pier had been demolished and the celestial imposter had moved to some unseen coordinates.

MOON GATE, oil, 76.8 x 75.3 cm (30" x 29.6")

© Fergus A Ryan, 2012     Private collection

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