Home Newgrange Knowth Dowth Hill of Tara Fourknocks Loughcrew Labyrinths Art Works Articles Images Contact

Art by Helen Farrell

Inspired by Loughcrew and Dowth.

Helen Farrell has a broad interest in visual arts. She works in watercolours, acrylics, oils, print and mixed media. She often takes a stone symbol or pattern as a starting point and allows her work to develop from there. Helen is originally from Co. Meath where the cairns at Loughcrew and the wonderful passage tombs of the Boyne Valley have inspired her work.

Click on images below for larger view

Watercolour of Loughcrew Cairn S mound ringed by kerbstones beneath a green and teal northern lights sky. Minimal watercolour of Loughcrew Cairn V, a pale sky, green field and a low distant mound on the horizon. Watercolour of Loughcrew Cairn T entrance with carved stones and radiating light beams above the passage.

Watercolour
Loughcrew
Cairn S

Watercolour
Loughcrew
Cairn V

Watercolour
Loughcrew
Cairn T
Layered torn parchment paper artwork suggesting a Loughcrew Cairn U stone pattern in white-on-white relief. Watercolour of Loughcrew Cairn I Stone R2 with white starburst carvings on a dark stone in blue wash. Paper cast of a Loughcrew Cairn U stone pattern with concentric circles and horizontal wavy line carvings.

Torn Parchment Paper
Loughcrew
Stone Pattern

Watercolour
Loughcrew
Cairn I, Stone R2

Torn Papers
Loughcrew
Stone Pattern Cairn U
Drypoint print of the Loughcrew Cairn T plan, showing a cross-like figure and a row of dark oval marks. Helen Farrell print on torn, charred paper of Dowth Stone C19, showing embossed spiral and circle carvings. Etching of the Loughcrew Cairn T backstone with sunburst circles, a comb motif and a ladder-shaped carving.

Drypoint and Carborundum
Loughcrew
Cairn T Plan

Print, Fire and Torn Paper
Dowth
Stone C19

Etching
Loughcrew
Cairn T Backstone
Carborundum print of Dowth Kerbstone 51 showing a large sun-wheel motif with radiating spokes and outer ring. Carborundum print of the Loughcrew Cairn T backstone with concentric circles and circular cup motifs. Carborundum print rubbing of horizontal wavy and zigzag lines carved on stone at Loughcrew, titled Moonwaves.

Carborundum Print
Dowth
Kerbstone 51

Carborundum Print
Loughcrew
Cairn T Backstone

Carborundum Print
Loughcrew
Moonwaves
Abstract painting of Loughcrew Cairn T backstone with a yellow curve left and pale blue sunburst and cross motifs on a dark ground. Abstract textured painting of a circular Loughcrew tomb plan with a red passage, blue kerb dots and a central spiral. Impressionist oil painting of a dark Loughcrew cairn mound seen through tall green grass beneath a pale blue sky.

Acrylic and Oil Paint
Loughcrew
Cairn T Backstone

Oil Painting
Loughcrew
Tomb Plan

Oil Painting
Loughcrew
Cairn V
Painting of Loughcrew Cairn T backstone with zigzag lines, spoked sun circles, spirals and concentric rings in warm orange tones. Drypoint and carborundum print of Loughcrew Cairn V, textured grey landscape with low mound silhouettes on the horizon. Torn white paper artwork for Loughcrew Cairn I, fanning layered sheets with faint pressed markings at the centre.

Acrylic Painting
Loughcrew
Cairn T Backstone

Drypoint and Carborundum
Loughcrew
Cairn V

Print and Torn Paper
Loughcrew
Cairn I

Helen Farrell is a nature-inspired contemporary Irish artist, based in Dublin. She studied Fine Art in Dún Laoghaire from 1989 to 1994, and more latterly completed postgraduate studies in Arts in Healthcare and Community in NUI Maynooth in 2012 and postgraduate studies in Creative Thinking and Innovation in Trinity College Dublin in 2019.

Helen works with mixed media usually in an intuitive and semi-abstract way, while responding to the elements within our natural world. She is a professional member of Visual Artists Ireland and has decades of experience in the art world, regularly participating in group shows and has had four solo shows.

Back to top