Evening at Notre-Dame d’Aubune #183

Evening at Notre-Dame d’Aubune, ©John O’Grady, 2014 Oil on Panel, 8″x 10″ Not for Sale (NFS) This is a painting of the beautiful provençal chapel called Notre-Dame d’Aubune situated just outside the town of Beaumes de Venise known for its exquisite muscat...

L’Aube dans la Garrigue #182

L’Aube dans la Garrigue. ©John O’Grady, 2014 Oil on Panel, 6″x 6″ Not For Sale On the plateau of Clansayes in the south of the department of La Drôme, the Mediterranean scrub is dense with small oak trees, boxwood and wild aromatic plants like lavender, thyme...

Clouds in the River Rhône #181

Clouds in the River Rhône, ©John O’Grady, 2014 Oil on Panel, 10″x 10″ SOLD A few months ago I visited Avignon, “La Cité des Papes” where the popes once resided. The road into Avignon runs alongside the mighty river Rhône. On a fresh December day, I managed...

Clair de Lune #175

Clair de Lune, ©John O’Grady, 2014 Oil on Panel, 6″x 6″ SOLD The moon rose above the sap green trees, silhouetting them against the night sky. On the road between Buisson and Vaison la Romaine, the fields were illuminated and the golden grasses that lined the edge of...

Snowfall on Mont Ventoux #164

Snowfall on Mont Ventoux, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Acrylic on Panel, 6″x 6″ $100 with free shipping The summit of Mont Ventoux is now shrouded in snow and it glistens in the deep blue Provençal sky. As I was coming back from Avignon yesterday evening, it dominated the...

Perfume of the Night #144

Perfume of the Night, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Acrylic on Panel, 16″x 12″ SOLD This nocturne of the Provençal village of Clansayes shows the illuminated medieval tower built by Knights Templar. There is little light pollution and one particular cloudless summer night, I...