Edmund Sullivan – Pencil Signed Limited Edition Lakes of Killarney

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Sullivan, a former Marine, related how he came to turn his artistry to “Mother Ireland.”  He took great delight in conveying the details of how he became one of the best-known presenters of the Irish countryside’s legendary beauty.

“…being an Irish-American in America. Often Irish-born patrons would be surprised that I was American born, and paint Irish landscapes. … My pride, if it could be called that, would say that the 9,000 years of Irish red blood of my ancestors flowing through my American veins gives me the distinction of living the best of both worlds. At once ancient, sensual, carnal and fair, intimate with the heart and soul of the Irish land, sky, and sea, and the blessed freedom born of revolution and courage and opportunity in the USA.  I live in the best of times. And in that knowledge, I feel deeply obliged to be one with those who went before me but are me. To be refreshment to their heavenly souls and in a forgotten hint of song … hear their kindly words “Well done, Edmund, well done.”