Antrim Coast Collection
The Antrim coast runs north from Larne as a string of glens, each one opening onto its own bay. Dark basalt sits on white chalk, the sea changes colour by the hour, and on a clear day the Mull of Kintyre lies along the horizon. The road that follows the shore was blasted out of the cliffs between 1832 and 1842 — until then, the Glens were easier to reach by boat than by land.
These paintings are by Ó Maoláin, made in Cushendall in acrylic ink. They reduce the coast to its large shapes — the hump of a mountain, the curve of a bay, the weight of a headland — and let colour do the rest.
Dawn Sky — Lurig, above Cushendall. Original, no longer available.
Lurig is the flat-topped hill behind Cushendall, and it is the first thing anyone in the village looks at in the morning. A mile south, the coast road bends round Red Bay under the ruin of Red Bay castle.
Red Bay, Cushendall — available as a print.
North of Cushendun the road climbs away from the sea, and Murlough Bay is reached down a single steep lane. Fair Head closes it off to the north-west — a wall of columned rock dropping straight into the tide.
Murlough Bay and Fair Head — original, no longer available. Fair Head in print: Fair Head from Ballycastle Beach.
Queen of the Glens — Glenariff. Original, no longer available.
Glenariff is the glen people call the Queen of the Glens — a steep green valley running down to Waterfoot, with waterfalls hidden in its upper woods.
An Bhinn Mhór — the great cliff, Fair Head. Original, no longer available.
The Antrim coast in print
Every print is open edition and made to order, on archival matte paper, framed or unframed, and ships free worldwide.