by John | 10 Jun 2018 | Land, Sky
Looking Up ©John O’Grady 23.5″ x 15.75″ x 1.3″ acrylic on Arches watercolour paper, mounted on deep edge panel and ready to hang. $977 with free shipping. Moonrise over the Orchard ©John O’Grady 12″ x 12″ x 1.75″ acrylic on deep edge canvas, ready to hang. $397...
by John | 25 Feb 2018 | Land, Landscape Paintings - Provence
The Orchard in Les Baronnies, ©John O’Grady 19.6″ x 19.6″ x 1.25″, oil on deep edge wooden panel, ready to hang. NFS (Not for Sale) Ancient little villages are scattered here and there in ‘Les Baronnies’. Its valleys shelter fruit orchards, olive groves...
by John | 18 Feb 2018 | Land
Murmur in the Trees V, ©John O’Grady 10″ x 14″ x 0.75″, oil on canvas, ready to hang. NFS (Not for Sale) The title of the painting is named after Emily Dickinson’s poem ‘A Murmur in the Trees – To Note’ and is the fifth piece inspired by...
by John | 14 Feb 2018 | Land
Lovers of the Lake , © John O’Grady 12″ x 12″ x 1.5″, oil on canvas, ready to hang. NFS (Not for Sale) ‘Lovers of the Lake’ is the title of a short story by Seán Ó Faoláin. It deals with the conflicts of the spiritual and the physical, but it was the title...
by John | 14 Jan 2018 | Land
Dawn Across the Fields, ©John O’Grady 19.6″ x 19.6″ x 1.25″, oil on deep edge panel, ready to hang. NFS (Not for Sale) As I was making this painting, the last line from the first stanza of Dylan Thomas’s wonderful ‘Fern Hill’ was on my mind:...
by John | 7 Jan 2018 | Land, Sea, Sky
In 2017, I created over 40 paintings. It was interesting, like last year, to look back and see how the work has changed throughout the year. The colours are more understated. Lead, copper, bronze and gold have arrived on my palette as you’ll see in the seven...
