Lucy Birch - Gorse Fire

Artist:
Lucy Birch (British), currently living and working in Ireland.

Title, year, medium:
“Gorse Fire”, 2026.
Acrylic on cotton canvas.

Dimensions:
Canvas size (unframed): 80 × 60 cm (height × width).
When shipped, the artwork will be removed from the stretcher and sent as a rolled canvas.

Signature and documentation:
Signed by the artist in the lower right corner on the front.
The listing photos were taken just before signing; the artwork will arrive signed.
Comes with a hand‑signed Certificate of Authenticity issued directly by the artist.

Condition:
The work is in excellent original condition.
Strong colour saturation and visible brushwork, with no cracks, repairs or restorations.

Description / background:
“Gorse Fire” captures the intense light and heat of gorse blazing against the landscape, with layered fields of yellow, orange and pink interrupted by darker vertical passages and softer veils of colour. The surface is built up in multiple translucent layers, allowing earlier marks and colours to remain visible and creating a sense of depth, movement and drifting smoke. Painted in the artist’s studio in Ireland in 2026, it forms part of an ongoing series inspired by the dramatic shifts of coastal weather and light.

Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist’s studio.
For sale from the original owner (the artist).

Shipping:
This painting will be shipped rolled in a strong postal tube from Ireland, carefully wrapped, fully tracked and insured for safe worldwide delivery.
Buyers outside the EU are responsible for any applicable import duties or taxes charged by their country.

Lucy Birch is an abstract painter based on the west coast of Ireland. Trained in graphic design and later in product and furniture design, she spent years working in other fields before returning to her creative practice in her forties. Her work is intuitive and bold, acrylics on canvas shaped by the Atlantic landscape, its light, weather and coastline. She layers colour and transparency to build depth, leaving the history of each painting visible in its surface.