The Bird of the Golden Land. For Kirstie

Well thank you very much, Love the horse and the story. :)

You're welcome. Pleased you like it.

Your gallery and work is quite excellent Michael full of interest and beautiful painting

Dennis, thank you so much for inspiring me on. You are the man, the sailor, and all the nice girls love you.

Love your work, comments and humour Michael.. e.g 'all the nice girls love the sailor' :) Such a good illustration. That horse, especially his legs, is wonderful!

Thanks Louise. Pleased you like it.

The whole piece has such animation Michael, the horse is brilliant, he looks as though he's not too keen on whatever is following him from 'that other place'. Love the story!

Thanks Fiona.

Fascinating folklore and depiction, Michael, Will look up O'Faolain's stories....My guess is that the beautiful bird died of a broken spirit in captivity?

Thanks Ruth. I love the metaphor of a bird as 'feedom'.

This is good Michael.

Thanks Margaret.

So is this.

Thanks Gudrun.

Hi Kirstie. Hope you're well. I am painting but not as much at the moment. Some self portraits in watercolour. I'm going through a phase-change, several health issues to sort out in the next six months or so. Kind of relaxing into that. So I just pulled back a bit. Have hardly looked at the site for ages as I thought it was getting a bit too routine. I still see comments in my emails. Thanks for asking. I wasn't too sure it was the right place for my humour as not everyone appreciates it like yourself. You've made me think though, so I will probably give it another go soon. I'll put my social comment thinking cap on and try to avoid introducing more of my imaginary girlfriends. Thank you.