7 from 2017

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...

Winter in Wicklow #355

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...

The Flight II #354

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...

Land Marks IV #353

Land Marks IV, ©John O’Grady 10″ x 18″ x 0.75″, oil on canvas, ready to hang. Not for Sale (NFS) Seamus Heaney and T.P. Flanagan explored the Irish landscape together, Flanagan revealing hidden truths in paint and Heaney of course in words. The poet dedicated...