Lucy Birch - Before the Haar

Artist:
Lucy Birch (British, lives and works in Ireland)

Title, year, medium:
“Before the Haar”, 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.
Comes with a hand‑signed Certificate of Authenticity issued directly by the artist.

Condition:
The work is in excellent original condition.
Rich colour and subtle surface texture, with no cracks, repairs or restorations.

Description / background:
“Before the Haar” evokes the stillness just before a sea mist rolls in, with cool layers of turquoise, ultramarine and deep blue dissolving into soft, atmospheric whites. Vertical drips and blurred edges suggest distant forms disappearing into fog, while flashes of pink and magenta punctuate the surface like buoys or lights cutting through the haze. The painting was created in the artist’s Irish studio in 2026 as part of a body of work responding to North Atlantic weather and the shifting visibility along the coast.

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.