One tree turns red-orange at its crown while the rest of the grove holds green. Marsh has painted the exact moment of change — the season mid-turn, light breaking through a blue-white sky, the grass below still luminous with summer. You can feel the air in it.
Clare Marsh (1875–1923) was one of the quietly serious painters of her generation — a friend of John Butler Yeats, a professor at Alexandra College, working in oil at a time when that alone set her apart. This small, unhurried sketch shows exactly why the National Gallery of Ireland kept it.
Some paintings make a room feel decorated. This one makes it feel lived in.
Printed on archival giclée paper — matte, uncoated, natural off-white, 250 gsm, acid-free and FSC-certified. Made to last without yellowing.
Available in three sizes: 30 × 40 cm / 12 × 16″ · 60 × 80 cm / 24 × 32″ · 75 × 100 cm / 30 × 40″
