
on your wall
White Strand, Co. Mayo
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I'd driven past the turn for White Strand with every intention of heading home. Then I looked up. Mweelrea had this enormous cap of cloud parked on its summit, perfectly still, and I knew I wasn't going anywhere.
From above, the tidal system here is remarkable. The river channel braids through pale sandflats before reaching the Atlantic, splitting and rejoining, all of it shifting with the tide. The beach itself is broad and almost white. A handful of farmhouses dot the green fields between shore and mountain, and they're so small against that landscape it's almost comical. You forget how empty this part of Mayo is until you see it laid out like this.
The light was low and warm. That last stretch of evening sun that picks out every ridge and fold on the mountainside. But what held me was the cloud. It hadn't moved. Not a fraction. I must have checked four or five times, convinced it would break apart. It never did. The wind was doing something interesting at altitude, holding that mass right over the peak while everything else in the sky drifted past. I watched for close to two hours, standing in wet grass in runners because I hadn't planned on stopping. That's always the way with the best evenings out here!
Without Mweelrea and its private weather system, this is a fine stretch of coast. With it, the whole scene has a focal point that holds your eye and won't let go.
Every print from Exhibition size up ships free to Ireland, the UK and Europe. Studio prints and books carry a small charge. You pay one delivery charge per order. If it includes a print from Exhibition size up, that rate covers everything in it. Outside Europe, each rate covers up to two prints from Exhibition size up, or up to four Studio prints and books. Larger orders pay the rate again for each further two large prints, or each further four smaller pieces.
- Studio prints & books: €10 Ireland, €20 UK and Europe, €30 US and Canada, €40 rest of the world
- Exhibition size and up: free to Ireland, the UK and Europe, €50 US and Canada, €100 rest of the world
Every parcel is tracked and insured, and the exact cost is shown at checkout before you pay.
We produce all our prints to order, so you can be sure you're getting the best quality work to hang on your wall. The estimated delivery date for your address is shown on each print's page: the time it takes to make the print, plus the courier's time to you.
We aim to get prints out as quickly as possible, so we would expect and hope that you would receive them earlier than the above timeframes. If you have a particular need to get a print quickly, please let us know in the order notes and we'll prioritize it for you, or you can email us at info@petercox.ie.
Prints are well-packaged and in the unlikely event that it arrives damaged, we'll send a replacement free of charge.
When your order ships, you'll receive an email with your tracking number.
Thanks for your trust, and we hope you get many years of enjoyment from your new print!































