‘Painting the Nation’ at Powerscourt
RTÉ’s Painting the Nation’s debut episode was filmed at Powerscourt Gardens and Waterfall.
The TV programme uncovers and showcases the best amateur painting talent across the island of Ireland.
ProducedbyIndependentPicturesforRTÉandpresentedbyPaulineMcLynn, theshow’sfinalistsinclude carpenters, geologists, full-timemums, studentsand grannies who share a dream of painting for a living.
After completing their challenges, a still life and painting drapery, in the ballroom of Powerscourt House the painters were taken to the spectacular Powerscourt Waterfall.
Following in the footsteps of some of Ireland’s greatest landscape painters, they captured the waters tumbling over the iconic Wicklow Mountains intothevalley. Itwasagreatopportunitytoshowcase this iconic ‘Garden of Ireland’ tourism attraction to tourists nationwide.
Over 50 different movies and TV series have been shot at Powerscourt Estate since Laurence Olivier started the trend by filming Henry V there in 1944.
Since then films including The Count of Monte Cristo and King Arthur and chart-topping TV series VikingsandPennyDreadfulhavebeenfilmedhere. To follow‘PaintingtheNation’tuneintoRTÉ1Television on Sundays at 7.30pm.
Thewinningartistwillnotonlyhavethehonourof being declared Ireland’s best amateur painter, their work will become a permanent piece of public art.