by John | 23 Nov 2016 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland, Sea
Morning on the Boyne, ©John O’Grady 12″ x 6″ x 1.25″, oil on deep edged wooden panel, ready to hang. Not For Sale (NFS) Sometimes, I use thin washes of acrylic paint I let flow on the board and move around till it triggers a memory or a feeling of a place. This little...
by John | 20 Nov 2016 | Land
You Are Everything V, ©John O’Grady 15.75″ x 12″ x 1.5″, oil on deep edged beech panel, ready to hang. SOLD On a dark night on open land, the wind behind our backs passes by in an instant, an instant long enough for the bog grasses to sway from side to side and...
by John | 16 Nov 2016 | Land, Landscape Paintings - Provence
Flurry on the Lavender Fields, ©John O’Grady 8″ x 10″ x 0.75″, oil on canvas, ready to hang. I was driving home the other day when to my surprise, the first snowflakes of the year pirouetted down to disappear as quickly as they came. Meanwhile, high on the...
by John | 13 Nov 2016 | Land, Landscape Paintings - Ireland
The Valley of Lights IV ©John O’Grady 10″ x 8″, oil on panel; requires framing SOLD Colour can have a powerful effect on you. A particular shade can bring a memory searing through your mind. One recent late afternoon in Provence, I drove past burning gold...
by John | 9 Nov 2016 | Land
I Took the One Less Travelled by II, ©John O’Grady 12″ x 6″ x 1.50″, oil on deep edged wooden panel, ready to hang. SOLD It takes a spark to light a fire. It takes a spark to start a painting too. The main way to do this is to be present in the studio, in other words...
