by John | 20 Nov 2017 | Sky
13″ x 13″ x 0.75″, oil on canvas ready to hang. $467 (approx. €397, £352) includes free shipping. At this time of year, the clouds billowing over Mont Ventoux in Provence dwarf this 1912 metres-high mountain. Every time I see these sculptures rising into the sky, they...
by John | 13 Nov 2017 | Sea
Where the Veil is Thin II, © John O’Grady 16″ x 12″ x 1″ oil on panel ready to hang NFS (Not for Sale) The veil of rain falls slowly and silently on sea and land. As it moves across the sun, the filtered light casts a pale yellow-green tinge in...
by John | 6 Nov 2017 | Sea
Low Tide at Dawn © John O’Grady13″ x 13″ x 0.75″, oil on canvas, ready to hang. Not for Sale On my last blog post ‘Winter in Wicklow’, I mentioned how the muted palette whispered like a breeze. That phrase stayed with me throughout the creation of this...
by John | 29 Oct 2017 | Land
Winter in Wicklow ©John O’Grady 5″ x 7″ x 2″, oil on deep edge panel, ready to hang. SOLD I’ve made a few paintings of the bogland high in the Wicklow mountains. Nearly all convey a hushed moment to commune with nature. Up there, you can hear the wind...
by John | 22 Oct 2017 | Land
The Flight II, ©John O’Grady 14.25″ x 18″ x 0.75″, oil on canvas, ready to hang. SOLD Last week the President of Ireland, Michael D Higgins was in Tasmania where he unveiled a memorial to Irish women convicts transported there 170 years ago. The women, “Mná Díbertha...
