Alicia Boyle, White Bryony (1944) Mary West artist Dublin fruit and vegetable harvesting

fruit and vegetable harvesting

This watercolour shows a young girl with a red ribbon in her hair

The leaves fold up at night as if two hands were coming together in prayer

The park bench and tree in the foreground lead the viewer to enjoy and celebrate this dynamic view

with each leaf picked out in detail

Alicia Boyle, White Bryony (1944) Mary West artist Dublin fruit and vegetable harvestingAlicia Boyle is a somewhat overlooked Irish artist. She produced paintings over many decades and exhibited widely in her lifetime. She exhibited regularly in London in the 1950s, as well as with the Royal Academy in London, at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art in the 1950s. Her work is now in numerous collections, including the National Gallery of Ireland, the Crawford Art Gallery, the Ulster Museum, as well as many institutions in the UK. This