Adios Jimmy!


Jimmy goes to London!

This painting has been bought from me and is now off to London for a charity auction at the Dorchester Hotel on November 5th at the Co-operation Ireland Gala Ball.

Image: Ecce Puer - It's a Boy. This is my interpretation of a poem by James Joyce. Watercolour 29*21 cm.

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