Interesting Facts:
1. Thom has placed a total of 15 N’s in Emerald Valley as tribute to his wife Nanette.
2. Did you know that Thom’s family heralds from Ireland? In his first visit to Britain, he had the chance to visit Ireland and was amazed by its beauty.
3. Thom has recreated an imaginary rustic village in Emerald Valley. Here, the dirt farmers ply their age old trade, eking a sparse existence out of the rough terrain.
4. The village featured in Emerald Valley extends along a ribbon of stone roads that seem to crisscross everywhere in Ireland.
The waterways fill the valleys making for a constant play between the light of sky and the reflection in the lakes and streams below.
5. The stone bridge in this work suggests the heritage of Ireland. Here the stones were cleared to make fences and boundaries as well as roadways and bridges, and the ever present stone cottage.
6. In Emerald Valley, grandmothers tend the children as mothers are tending to the household chores of the day. Here the farmer makes his way with freshly harvested hay ready for his domestic animals. |
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