Acrylic over oil pastel on water colour paper. 10 x 14 inches. I actually painted this in 2005 but have been forbidden by my son from ever selling it....In a bog pool near Louisburgh in Co. Mayo Ireland are the blackened tree stumps of The Bog Trees. Not much to look at maybe, but these remains of trees are 5000 years old. Just think of the history they've witnessed from the earliest settlers through dawn of Christianity, the hundreds of years of conflict with the English, the Great Famine, the birth of a nation and the roar of the Celtic Tiger.......then perhaps you'll see why I found them so inspirational. I'd really appreciate any feedback on these as it is so different from any of my other work before or since!