Charles Haslewood Shannon R.A., Sea nymph in a Grotto director's chair Mary West is a well

Mary West is a well known Dublin artist whose work has been exhibited and sold in Ireland for several decades

Yvonne Pettitt is Dublin artist who has worked for many years as an art historian

She also studied art in Belfast and London and became a patron of the Belfast Art Society

The trap should be placed outside from mid to late April until late summer

A small bridge can be seen in the background

Charles Haslewood Shannon R.A., Sea nymph in a Grotto director's chair Mary West is a wellThis fascinating painting captures our imagination for many reasons. In spite of the classical pose, the subject has the expression of a someonewho has been asked to take off her clothes stand in cold water a far cry from a 'sea nymph'! The work fits into the genre and style of the pre Raphalites, looking back to the Renaissance in terms of colour, texture and theme. It is the work of Charles Haslewood Shannon (1863 1937), an English artist best known