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...
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...
by John | 8 Oct 2017 | Land
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...
by John | 13 Aug 2017 | Land, Landscape Paintings - Provence
I Took the One Less Travelled by IV ©John O’Grady 6″ x 12″ x 1.5″, Oil on deep edge panel, ready to hang. SOLD This painting is a companion piece to last week’s. It’s a different time of day and a different atmosphere. It has been very warm in Provence...
by John | 6 Aug 2017 | Land, Landscape Paintings - Provence
I Took the One Less Traveled by III ©John O’Grady 6″ x 12″ x 1.5″, Oil on deep edge panel, ready to hang. $247 (approx €210, £190) with free shipping Pathways crisscross the provençal countryside between villages. These half-road, half-tracks...
