Channeling nature’s beauty through oil and canvas

Ask an artist to cite their sources of inspirations and the chances are you’ll get a wrinkled frown, considerable deliberating and a highfaluting answer, taking in everything from the Renaissance, Greek mythology and their childhood. Pose the same question to Adrienne M Finnerty, however, and her answer is instantaneous:

‘‘My immediate environment.”

Living by the sea in the picturesque village of Blackrock, Co Louth, the artist is certainly not short on inspiration.

‘‘I ...