by John | 3 Jul 2014 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Click on the image to enlarge it. Take me to the Island V, ©John O’Grady, 2014 Oil on Panel, 6″x 6″ SOLD Islands have often been used as places of isolation and contemplation such as the monastic site of Skellig Michael off the west coast of Ireland. And...
by John | 20 Jun 2014 | Land, Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Moonlight over the Sugar Loaf, ©John O’Grady, 2014 19″ x 19″ x 1.5″, oil on deep edged panel, does not require framing and is ready to hang. SOLD Here in southern France broom is in full bloom. I was out hiking recently around the wine growing village of...
by John | 4 Jun 2014 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Evening across the Bog II, ©John O’Grady, 2014 Oil on Panel, 8″ x 10″ SOLD I have mentioned before how I find evening to be a special time. The light has a particular quality which imbues the landscape with a glow, perhaps it is the raking light...
by John | 30 May 2014 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
The Valley of Lights III ©John O’Grady, 2014 Oil on Panel, 19″x 19″ SOLD This painting has a combination of, as Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews),would say in the Sound of Music, “These are a few of my favourite things”: grasses, mountains, clouds, light and...
by John | 21 May 2014 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
The Valley of Lights II ©John O’Grady, 2014 Oil on Panel, 8″x 10″ Not for Sale (NFS) This painting emerged as a piece that shows the incredible energy of light bouncing around the sky onto the land. Common themes are coming up in my current work: a special light, open...
by John | 15 May 2014 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Click on the image to enlarge it. As Far as the Eye Can See ©John O’Grady, 2014 Oil on deep edged panel, 23″ x 23″ x 1.5″ SOLD I’m currently painting on larger formats and this piece is one I have been working on and off over the last...