Since early childhood, Irish-born Gwen Wilkinson, has been exploring waterways, from canal and river journeys onboard her parents’ barge to transatlantic crossings on ocean racing ...ver maisSince early childhood, Irish-born Gwen Wilkinson, has been exploring waterways, from canal and river journeys onboard her parents’ barge to transatlantic crossings on ocean racing yachts. An award-winning professional artist and ecologist, she lives in the foothills of the Blackstairs Mountains in South Country Carlow. The Waters and the Wild is her first book.ver menos