Evening, Sally Gap

Evening, Sally Gap ©John O’Grady 8″ x 8″ X 0.75″ oil on canvas, ready to hang. Not For Sale (NFS) This piece is a smaller sibling to the previous post but half an hour later so the light is only catching the top of the cloud. I was working on both paintings in tandem...

A Day of Light #288

A Day of Light, ©John O’Grady 11″ x 12″ oil and wax on panel, requires framing. Not for Sale (NFS) Have you experienced one of those days when the air is invigorating and full of nature’s life force? These days are dazzling. The quality of light bouncing off the...

Twilight II #287

Twilight II, ©John O’Grady 14.25″ x 16″ oil and wax on panel, requires framing. The palette is quiet and understated, reflecting the silent movement of clouds onto land in the west of Ireland. The soft light from the sky, when the sun has dropped below the horizon,...

Evening Glow Across the Bog #277

Evening Glow Across the Bog, ©2015 John O’Grady 16″ x 12″ Oil on panel, requires framing SOLD Autumn is a special season. Golds, browns and rust colours transform the landscape. In the green land of Ireland it’s the same. The bog lands in the west are aglow. It...

Till the Last Ray Gleams III #258

Till the Last Ray Gleams III, ©John O’Grady 2015 Oil on deep edged canvas, 31.75″ x 31.75″ x 1.75″ It does not require framing and is ready to hang. Not for Sale (NFS) Back at the end of December 2014 when the mornings were dark and grey, I made the first Till the...

Light on Water, Killiney Hill #208

Light on Water, Killiney Hill © John O’Grady 201416″ x 12″ x 1.5″, oil on Panel with deep edge, ready to hang Not for Sale This painting is a bit more specific in terms of place and didn’t arise from imagination or through the process of painting. It was a...