Dursey Island
On a gorgeous Saturday in March myself and my fellow walk, island and photo nerds (finally) made it over to Dursey Island off the beautiful Beara peninsula. This is a trip we had been wanting to make for quite some time and there was a bit of urgency as the cable car is closing in April 22 for repairs and won’t be open again until November. Also there will be some changes coming too - so possibly it was the last chance to get there on this cable car - the Irish Times just published this not long after we visitied.
This is Ireland's only cable car and the only cable car that traverses open seawater in all of Europe - If you’re not a fan of heights like me, it’s a small bit terrifying but the excitement (and the reward) cancelled out the terror for me. (see my time lapse of the journey over on instagram)
Dursey Island cable car
I’m not really sure what I was expecting of the island as I don’t think I had any preconceived ideas of it and hadn’t done much research but the island was beyond anything I expected - I think it’s one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever been.
There’s not much on the island - in the sense of no shop, cafe or pub - turns out a few houses and people and lots of sheep and stunning views are more than enough to make an island beautiful - not that surprising really.
Making our way around the island (Photo: Jason Lee)
We walked out to the very end of the island on the road and came back again over the hills (that felt like mountains at times)
Coming back up from the end of the island (Photo: Jason Lee)
Close to the tip of the island - it felt like we were in a desert at times.
The road (Photo: Jason Lee)
Got into the studio then the following Monday & Tuesday to get to editing my own photos and making some small pieces of encaustic art with some of the photographs I took. These are some of my favourite pieces that came from that day.
Lots of fences on Dursey Island
I love this for being the same moment in time from very different viewpoints (Photo: Jason Lee)
Head over to my SHOP if you want to purchase any of these - these are small landscape pieces made with archival photographic prints, encaustic wax, pigments and oil paints - I have tried to price them so that they are affordable as I feel everyone should be able to afford to have unique and beautiful art in their homes.