The Fairy Rath V #326

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...

Bog Heather III #321

Bog Heather III ©John O’Grady 15.8″ x 11.8″ x 1.4″, mixed media on deep edged panel, ready to hang. Not for sale (NFS) It is late afternoon. Rising mist is starting to shroud the tall pointed pine trees. In the sky, the dazzling sun illuminates the clouds. The view...

You Are Everything V #316

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...

Flurry on the Lavender Fields #315

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...

The Valley of Lights IV #314

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...

I Took the One Less Travelled By II #313

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...