Patrick Walshe is an Irish artist living and working in the Wicklow hills south of Dublin. He has had a 50 year career as a painter living, working and exhibiting in Ireland, the USA, Italy and Abu Dhabi. He paints mainly in oils on silver leaf on canvas. By painting on a silver leaf surface he creates a parallax effect depending on lighting and the position of the viewer.

Visitors are welcome to his studio, by arrangement.

Bogland Connemara

Bog Hiking. oils on silver leaf on canvas

Bog Hiking in Wicklow

Digital painting of a large, sturdy tree with thick branches and vibrant green leaves, seen from below against a light sky.

Shimmer Ballinakill Bay

A vibrant landscape painting of rolling hills covered with purple and yellow wildflowers under a partly cloudy sky, with mountains in the distance.

A Time of Birdsong.

A landscape painting showing lush green trees and moss-covered rocks in the foreground, with misty mountains and a cloudy sky in the background.

Wet Heather Trooperstown

Down into Glenmalure

Looking Northeast Lough Dan

A digitally painted, colorful forest scene with leafless trees in the foreground and foliage in soft pastel colors in the background, creating a dreamy, artistic landscape.

Belonging.