Irish painter inspired by rugged landscape of Clare

Ivan Daly is pushing the boundaries with his paintings of the Clare coast, writes Ellie O’Byrne

PRINTMAKER turned painter Ivan Daly has spent the past six years exploring the rugged coastline of Co Clare and honing his craft as a landscape artist, working primarily in oils.

The paintings are rooted in the topography of of Doonmacfelim, close to Doolin, an area Daly and his wife first started visiting six years ago, when they got a campervan.