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Maria Simonds-Gooding
(b.1939)
Harvest in the Valley
Lithograph, 68 x 98cm (26.75 x 38.5”) Signed, inscribed and No. 32/48
Born of an English father and an Irish mother,Maria Simonds-Gooding spent her first six years in In-
dia, and the experiences of those early years set the foundation for her life-long fascination with remote
places, where people have remained close to the land. After India, her family returned to Ireland to live
in County Kerry. Maria made her home and studio on the Dingle Peninsula, overlooking the Blasket
Islands, where she settled after completing her studies at Bath Academy Corsham in 1968.While still
attending Bath Academy Corsham (1966-1968), Maria Simonds-Gooding became more and more
interested in working with plaster on large flat boards, and it was also at this time that drawing and the
use of line became a central expression in her work. It was not until 1974 that Maria started to explore
printmaking and, in particular, etching.
€600 - 1,200
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John Kingerlee (b.1936)
Riverrun
Oil on canvas on board,
30 x 46cm (11.8 x 18.1”) Signed with art-
ist’s device
Born in Birmingham to an Irish mother,
John Kingerlee moved in 1982 to an iso-
lated farmhouse on the Beara Peninsula in
West Cork, Ireland. Here he works in tan-
dem with nature creating landscapes with
layer upon layer of pigment. Some paint-
ings boast fifty to one hundred layers. The
result is an organic growth which depicts
the cycle of growth and decay.
€800 - 1,200