
on your wall
Skellig Michael with Brooding Clouds, Kerry
For a living room or above a sofa, Feature or Showcase sizes give the best impact. Unframed prints are perfect if you'd like to choose your own frame.
If in doubt, contact me!
Prints are made to order, so I can't take one back just because you've changed your mind, but if it arrives damaged or isn't what you ordered, I'll replace it at no cost. You can swap it within 30 days, though you'd cover the return postage.
Most people want the sunlit version of this place. I understand that. But Skellig Michael in flat grey light is a different animal entirely. Every crack in the old red sandstone becomes visible. Every ledge, every fold, every surface the Atlantic has been working on for millions of years. Bright sunshine flattens all of that out.
From high above the island, the full architecture reveals itself. The South Peak with its hermitage, that impossibly steep pinnacle where monks once climbed to pray in terrifying isolation. Both lighthouses visible below it. The abandoned northern light sitting on its ridge, the operational southern one with white painted walls catching whatever light remains. Two lighthouses, six hundred years of human stubbornness on a rock that clearly doesn't want anyone there.
Little Skellig sits behind in the murk, a pale shape, home to thirty thousand gannets and absolutely nothing else. The brooding clouds press down and the rock responds by showing you everything it has.
I have a version of this scene in blazing light. More conventionally dramatic. But I keep coming back to this one. It captures what the place actually feels like when you're out there, twelve kilometres from the mainland, surrounded by grey water and grey sky. That flat evening light was exactly what the photograph needed!
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We produce all our prints to order, so you can be sure you're getting the best quality work to hang on your wall. As a result, in busy times it can take a while to process the orders. In the worst case, which is generally during the peak months of July-September, it can take 4-6 weeks to receive large framed prints. Large canvases generally take 2-3 weeks. Unframed prints are generally also 2-3 weeks at worst.
We aim to get prints out as quickly as possible, so we would expect and hope that you would receive them earlier than the above timeframes. If you have a particular need to get a print quickly, please let us know in the order notes and we'll prioritize it for you, or you can email us at info@petercox.ie.
Prints are well-packaged and in the unlikely event that it arrives damaged, we'll send a replacement free of charge.
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Thanks for your trust, and we hope you get many years of enjoyment from your new print!












