Oil Painting Brent Geese Flying Over The Fens Lincolnshire Hugh Monahan

Timeless Tranquility: “Skein of Brent Geese Flying Over The Fens, South Holland, Lincolnshire” – Original Oil Painting by Hugh Monahan

Bring the serene beauty of the English countryside into your space with this captivating original oil painting, “Skein of Brent Geese Flying Over Marsh, The Fens, South Holland, Lincolnshire,” masterfully created by renowned Irish artist Hugh Monahan.

This atmospheric landscape captures a fleeting yet timeless moment—a murmuration of Brent Geese in flight under a dusky, brooding sky, their silhouettes dancing over a richly textured marshland. The warm, golden light of the setting sun filters through layers of clouds, reflecting softly in scattered pools below, creating a harmonious balance of realism and emotion. Monahan’s signature brushwork and keen sense of light and mood bring this quiet scene to life with rare depth and sensitivity.

Key Features:

• Artist: Hugh Monahan (Irish, 1914–1991) – celebrated for his landscapes and atmospheric studies

• Medium: Oil on canvas

• Title “Morning Flight of Brent Geese over the Bombing Range at Holbeach Marsh” by Hugh Cecil Charles Monahan C1954.

• Subject: Brent Geese flying over marshes in The Fens, South Holland, Lincolnshire

• Style: Realist with impressionistic undertones

• Framing: Presented in an elegant, period-appropriate wooden frame with layered green and gold accents—ready to hang.

• Provenance: Private southern shire collector & southern shire high end auction & in collection of Cheshire Antiques Consultant LTD & label exhibited in a Museum.

• Condition report:

  Canvas is in original unlined condition, with craquelure & various foxing staining in areas, some cobwebs on the lower back with frame stretcher horizontal line showing near the top front area. Frame having general wear, minor chips & losses commensurate with usage & age.

   

   

Dimensions of frame

• Framed: High (67 cm) Wide (77.5 cm) Depth thickness of frame (3.2 cm)

This painting is not only a tribute to the unique beauty of Lincolnshire’s wild landscapes but also a testament to Monahan’s enduring legacy as a painter who understood the soul of the natural world. Ideal for collectors of fine art, lovers of British landscapes, or anyone drawn to nature’s quieter moments.

Own a piece of pastoral poetry—“Skein of Brent Geese” is more than a painting; it’s a window into stillness, freedom, and the ever-changing dance of nature.