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Becca Thorne
@beccathorne.bsky.social
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Parent of 2 wonderful autistic boys, accidental artist, occasional writer & mountain-lover (Afraid of heights). #cPTSD https://artachart.com/
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I think this painting might be finished, but I've been staring at it for too long! Oil on panel, 70 x 100cm.
#oilpainting #landscape #hills #moonlight #irishart #maybefinished 🤔
Landscape in limited palette of Payne's Grey, Raw Umber, Green Gold, Old Gamboge & Warm White. Rolling hills dominate the composition: largely dark on the left side of the pass, but with rock and flora detail; Suggestion of a small cottage nestled into the lower hillside, then most of the right half of the panel lit up by moonlight. Small strip of dark night sky at the top, with bright white cloud in front of the moon and a dark line along the ridge, emphasising the curve.
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Lovely people of Bluesky: Please support my prize draw! I'm giving away recent oil painting, "Water Washed By Wind", to raise money for Care Leavers this Christmas & will ship it (free) anywhere in the world. Entry is free, but any donations would be fantastic. www.givewheel.com/fundraising/...
Dramatic seascape in oil (on primed hessian): Huge, foamy waves lit up by sun or moonlight breaking through stormy clouds. Traces of ochre across the sky, reflected through the water, with odd patches of indigo.
November 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Better view 🙂
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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A piece I finished today: Oil on wood, 70 x 100cm. I absolutely love painting the sea - I don't think anything compares (not even mountains!). #oilpainting #seascape #ocean #irishart
A photograph of my 'studio' with the easel in the centre to provide a sense of the scale of my latest painting. A very expressive seascape in oils: the sea in the bottom third, built up with swirling marks in blues, greys, whites and raw umber. Bright white light behind the waves, reflected off them, and a sombre sky of grey and blue brush marks
November 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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Latest work in progress. Possibly a few tweaks needed here and there, but otherwise about done I think.
#oilpainting #portrait #selfportrait #irishart
Portrait of a woman facing the viewer. Dark outline of her face and features, with long hair framing her face and brushed or blown to one side. A melange of reds, umbers and indigo in her round-necked sweater, echoed through her hair and bright red marks on forehead and cheek.
November 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Wonderful launch of the Offaly Artists' Exhibition yesterday afternoon, at the Esker Arts Centre in Tullamore. Runs until December 19th and can't recommend it enough!
November 16, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Launching tomorrow afternoon! Do come along if you're in the area - should be brilliant!
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Memories of Inis Mor (charcoal), 30 x 42cm.
Black & white charcoal drawing of powerful Atlantic waves smashing into the sheer cliffs of Inis Mor, the Aran Islands, the line of the cliffs just visible above the foam, water pouring off them, and just a narrow line of cloudy sky above that.
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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It’s a huge privilege to have my self-portrait included in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters Inaugural Drawing Prize exhibition: Revealing the Human, surrounded by such extraordinary work. Running until the 29th of this month, with many pieces available to buy: therp.co.uk/the-rp-inaugur…
Black and white charcoal drawing of a pregnant woman with arms folded across her stomach, eyes closed and mouth simultaneously covered and highlighted.
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Latest painting: oil on panel, 70 x 100cm. I wanted to try and portray the hills as a place where I feel at home.
#oilpainting #landscape #mountains #wicklowmountains #autumn #ireland #irishart
Landscape in oil: rolling hills in autumn colours, with the suggestion of trees in green, brown, ochre and red filling the left side of the composition, and a lighter green, bare hillside to the right. Light blue sky with fair weather clouds above a gentle ridge line.
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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I want the sun to be you
And the sky to be me
By the coast and gulls
And rhyming sea

Lemn Sissay
#letthelightpourin

(Painting: Untitled seascape)
Semi abstract seascape: indigo and ochre sky, with sunlit clouds above a still, indigo ocean; land rising along the right side of the horizon, suggesting of sailing boat to the let, low lying sea fog and suggestion of rocks and vegetation in the foreground.
November 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Abstract landscape with trees #abstractart #mixedmedia #landscape #minimalism
Minimalist abstract painting of a track or road leading away from the viewer with the suggestion of a line of trees on the right side and ridge line on the horizon. Muted palette of whites, cream, grey and pale yellow to create light and definition, otherwise simple lines in raw umber.
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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New painting: abstract sky at sunrise. #abstractart #oilpainting #sky #sunrise #cloud #optimism
Abstract oil painting of a cloud at sunrise in a grey-blue sky. Sketchy yellow-orange cloud with lighter yellow to the left and darker grey/blue to the right and foreground. Layers of colour and texture, despite the simple composition.
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Thank you so much Maura. I’m an artist, based in Ireland, and this is my website: www.artachart.com/about
November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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'Dùthaich nam Boglaichean': Mixed media on hessian, 100 x 150cm. #landscapepainting #acrylics #oils #Scotland #FlowCountry #blanketbog #unesco #conservation
Semi-abstract landscape inspired by the Flow Country, in Northern Scotland: designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2024. Layers of paint have been built up to create the dark, rocky bogland in the foreground, the blue of the pools beyond, with the outline of the Ben Griams on the horizon. A large area of yellows in the top left quarter give the impression of bright sunrise, reflected off both mountains and water.
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Landscape in oils, possibly finished. #oilpainting #landscape #mountains #workinprogress #irishart
Not sure how to describe this one! Landscape in oils: dark foreground, with suggestion of trees and foliage. Low lying fog in the valley behind, then the outline of a mountain range in the background and sunrise beyond, reflected off everything else.
October 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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#oilpainting #figure #melancholy #grief #depression #irishart
Painting of a figure sat with back to the viewer, head lowered, hugging knees in a corner. Limited palette of blue, umbers and white, lines accentuating the curves of the hunched figure. No other detail.
October 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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New painting! Oil on hessian, approx 40 x 90cm. #oilpainting #seascape #mood #arishart 😃
Fairly dramatic seascape depicting a huge wave, rising bottom left to top right. Very dark foreground for deeper water at the base, rising to foaming crest, beneath stormy sky. Dark brown, ochre, bright white and a small patch of indigo to create depth and dramatic light.
October 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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New painting: abstract seascape, oil on unstretched hessian, 40 x 100cm #oilpainting #seascape #abstractart #irishart
Abstract seascape: dramatic, dark sky with sun burst to the right of the horizon; heavy raw umber coastal lines left and right, with semi transparent veil of light blue over red ochre, suggesting estuary mouth at low tide.
October 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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New work in progress detail: mixed media on unstretched hessian.
Mixed media painting of a female figure with back to the viewer, head turned towards the horizon. A sloping ridge line beyond, with grey-blue sky above. Limited palette of blues, red, raw umber and yellows.
October 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Winter Landscape, mixed media on unstretched hessian, 55 x 100cm
Landscape painting depicting a snowy foreground, with darker hedge line running bottom left to venture right. Impression of coast beyond, beneath a grey, winter sky.
October 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Abstract land/seascape in blue and white. Mixed media on panel, 40 x 50cm #abstractart #landscape #seascape #mountains #coast #mixedmedia #irishart
A heavily textured mixed media (oil, acrylic & charcoal) painting: landscape/seascape in limited palette. Very hard to describe! Suggestion of water in the foreground, with strong indigo marks on the left, shoreline behind, with right edge accentuated by brighter blue. Charcoal outline of hills behind, roughly shaded in same grey/white as the sky.
October 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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New painting! Oil on panel, 40 x 50cm. Will be added to my website (see bio). #oilpainting #landscape #mountains #wicklowmountains #soggy #Ireland
Mountain landscape in oils: outline of receding ridge lines, with waterlogged, grassy hills and cascading water. A more detailed depiction of rocks, vegetation and water in the foreground, reducing to just outlines beyond, and a simple sky in just 2 colours (buff and light grey-blue). Palette limited and dominated by ochre, raw umber and more of the grey-blue used for the sky.
October 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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The finished piece 🙂
October 5, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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I’ve reworked one from a few weeks ago (may need a click). Oil on panel, 60 x 80cm #oilpainting #seascape #landscape #coast #irishart www.artachart.com
Coastal seascape in oils, depicting a stormy sky above a hilly coastline, with suggestion of homes and lights to the right. Cliffs and a calmer cove in the foreground, with suggestion of rougher sea behind. Limited palette of mostly blues, greys, white & yellow.
October 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM