The Lake Isle of Innisfree poem by W. B. Yeats was the inspiration for this body of work. Commissioned by the Irish Tourist Board to commemorate the centenary of the poem Wendy visited Ireland for several days with Maurice Cockrill, Maggie Hambling and William Tillyer.
Those that touched Yeats' vision the most were by Wendy Connelly. She has caught the seductive mystery that drew the poet: the changing light, the shifting skies, where midnights all a glimmer and noon a purple glow / And evening full of linnets wings. But more than that, she has felt the atavistic call, the Irish soul of the otherworldly place and heard it in the deep hearts core (Sue Hubbard - Time Out)