Castle Roche Menacing Clouds Photograph

"Castle Roche Menacing Clouds" is a further addition to my "Under A Different Light" series. Limited edition print signed and numbered by the artist. Printed artist on Giclee fine art Baryta Photographique 310 gsm museum grade paper, using archival pigmented inks. Printed with a white border. Includes the certificate of authenticity. Limited Edition Of 20 Castle Roche has a bloody history. I have visited many times in an effort to create a compelling image. Nothing seemed to work - I could create "nice" images but nothing that spoke to me about the location and connected with its dark stormy past. Not until I used an infrared technique to intensify the drama in the clouds. I love the way the sheep add an extra element of scale to the scene. I will leave the history of this location to be described below by someone better with words.... Castle Roche is dramatically situated on a rocky outcrop just past Dundalk in Co, Louth. It has a sub-triangular curtain wall with a large hall at the southern side. In the east wall is a twin towered gatehouse. There are steep drops on the south and west side with a steep slope on the northern side. Together with a deep moat its strong walls rendered it virtually impregnable. A secret passage once connected the castle to a round tower outpost. St. Ronan's Well lies nearby. It is believed to have been built in 1236 by Lady Rohesia de Verdun after the death of her husband. The story goes that she promised her hand in marriage to the architect who would build her a castle at Roche. On the eve of the wedding she asked her future husband to peer out of a large window to view the lands he was soon to possess. She promptly pushed him out of the window to his death. This window is still known as the murder window and his ghost is said to haunt the ruins of Castle Roche. The present remains of the castle are more likely to be of a later date than suggested in the story above and more than likely built by her son John de Verdun who died in 1274. We know that by 1642 the castle had fallen into ruin because at that time Richard Bellew had obtained a grant to repair it. The castle finally lay in ruin after being attacked by Cromwellian forces in 1641.

Photography:Paper on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:23.4 W x 16.5 H x 0.2 D in

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