by John | 29 Jan 2017 | Land, Landscape Paintings - Ireland
20″ x 20″ x 1.75″, oil on deep edged canvas, ready to hang. SOLD The ancient raised mound of a Fairy Rath sits in the landscape looking like it has always been there. Trees and bushes are left to grow, unperturbed by the hand of man. All is quiet. The land rolls off...
by John | 22 Jan 2017 | Sea
From Dark into Light I, ©John O’Grady 5″ x 7″, acrylic and mixed media on panel. Needs framing. The six artworks shown here are part of a new series of small works exploring movement of dark into light in the landscape. Of course, there is no light without dark...
by John | 15 Jan 2017 | Sky
Take Me to the Island XII, ©John O’Grady 12.1″ x 12.1″ x 1.8″, acrylic and iridescent bronze paint on deep edge panel, ready to hang. Not for Sale (NFS) This piece is all about scale. The dark immense sky dwarfs the island. Curtains of rain, lit from behind,...
by John | 12 Jan 2017 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland, Sky
The Silver Thread V, ©John O’Grady 8.1″ x 8.1″ x 2″, acrylic and mixed media on deep edged panel, ready to hang. SOLD Whenever I’m making one of these filigree cloud paintings, I start with a large mass of tone for the clouds and gradually add sky,...
by John | 8 Jan 2017 | Sky
Take me to the Island XI ©John O’Grady 24″ x 24″ x 1.75″, acrylic and mixed media on deep edged canvas, ready to hang. SOLD In a departure with my other paintings, I am working with black, white, greys and an iridescent silver to conjure the drama of the place through...
