by John | 2 Jan 2014 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Flurry on the Dublin Mountains, ©John O’Grady, 2014 Oil on Panel, 8″x 10″ SOLD The winter of 2010 was a special one in Ireland, a true winter wonderland. When the snow came over the Irish sea and onto the mountains, I have a strong recollection of looking at the...
by John | 20 Dec 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Peace II, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Panel, 10″x 10″ Not For Sale I’d like to send you and your loved ones Season’s Greetings and wish you a peaceful new year. Thank you for your support this year. All the best,...
by John | 13 Dec 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
The Violet Sky, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Panel, 5″x 7″ SOLDThis painting shows the newly risen moon over the bog at twilight. The arrangement in violet, copper brown and silver started off with an underpainting of cool dark blue. Then, I painted over with a highly...
by John | 30 Nov 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Winter Sunset, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Panel, 6″x 6″ SOLD “It is better to paint from memory, for thus your work will be your own” Paul Gauguin When I close my eyes, I can tell myself what I want to see in my mind’s eye. Invented or real,...
by John | 23 Nov 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Skyscape over the Irish Midlands, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Panel, 16″x 16″ Not For Sale This is a detail of my latest painting showing the wide open spaces of the Midlands where turf cutting is mechanised to a high degree. The bog has been altered beyond...
by John | 14 Nov 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
The Southwesterly, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Panel, 6″x 6″ SOLD This small work was finished today. It shows a sky full of movement and character experienced when the wind blows from the south west in Ireland All the movement is from right to left, which is of...