Maria Simonds Gooding, The Day the Dolphin went off with Lobster, Crab & Eel John Hunter artist Signed (illegible) bottom right

Signed (illegible) bottom right

she did depict women in scarves or shawls on several occasions

she went on to become a supporter of Sinn Fein during the Easter rising of 1916

With one hand holding the plant and the other making a pulling motion

The scene shows the snow-capped peak with the town (probably Catania) stretched along the coast at the base of it

Maria Simonds Gooding, The Day the Dolphin went off with Lobster, Crab & Eel John Hunter artist Signed (illegible) bottom rightMaria Simonds Gooding's work has been centred on the landscape and marine life of Kerry, and in particular the area around the Blasket Islands. She has been described as "one of Ireland's foremost painters and printmakers to have emerged since the Sixties". Her etchings and paintings are instantly recognisable and highly collecteible. Maria Simonds Gooding is represented in many collections, including the Irish Museum or Modern Art and the