An Artist in Ireland
'People sometimes wonder whether I'm an English painter or an Irish painter. I was born in England and I lived in England for many years. I've lived in Ireland for 30 years, which is nearly half my lifetime. The fact is that I paint and that's all that matters to me.'
Derek Hill lives in County Donegal, one of the loveliest counties in Ireland. His home is an old rectory overlooking Gartan Lough. Summers are spent in a hut on Tory, a remote and windswept island 12 miles offshore in the Atlantic. Derek Hill is closely associated with the fortunes of Tory and with the work of its primitive painters.
Film cameraman PHILIP DAWSON Film recordist PETER LINDSAY Film editor DON O'DONOVAN Producer TONY MCAULEY BBC Northern Ireland