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First Snow #280
First Snow, ©John O’Grady 8″ x 12″ oil on panel, requires framing. Not For Sale It's impossible to miss the Nephin mountain in Co Mayo. When you travel through the countryside, it rises to 800 metres. Standing proud in the landscape, its distinctive rounded form looks...
You are Everything II #279
You are Everything II, ©John O’Grady 16″ x 16″ X 1.75" oil on deep edged canvas, ready to hang. SOLD In the first You are Everything, I mentioned the grasses that stretch off into the distance of the solitary bog. Those thoughts were present again as I was making this...
The Southwesterly II #278
The Southwesterly, ©2015 John O’Grady 12″ x 12″ Oil on panel, requires framing Off the Atlantic, the weather fronts move in quickly particularly at this time of year. The high winds bring the waves and spume crashing against the rocks, whilst in the distance the heavy...
Evening Glow Across the Bog #277
16″ x 12″ Oil on panel, requires framing.●
One fresh autumnal evening, the last light casts gold, brown and rust colours on the bog grasses.
The Silver Thread III #276
The Silver Thread III, ©John O’Grady 12″ x 12″ x 1.75″ Oil on deep edged canvas, does not require framing SOLD The quality of light where water meets sky in the west of Ireland can be stunningly brilliant or subdued and filtered through clouds and atmospheric...
Flames in a Setting Sun II #275
Flames in a Setting Sun II, ©John O’Grady 12″ x 12″ x 1.75" Oil on deep edged canvas, does not require framing SOLD I often speak about memory and how a triggered emotion helps progress a painting. Often the driver is colour, how a mark or a tone responds to another...
As Far as the Eye Can See III #274
As Far as the Eye Can See III, ©John O'Grady 12" x 16″ Oil on panel, requires framing Not For Sale The raking light of the evening sun has sent a warm glow across the bog and illuminates the grasses with flecks of light. The wide sweep of the land is laid out before...
The Fairy Rath II #273
The Fairy Rath II, ©John O'Grady 2015 14.75″ x 11″, oil on 4mm Panel (Requires framing) SOLD The rays of the setting sun are filtered through the silhouetted trees that circle an ancient ring fort known as a Fairy Rath. We are led up the hill by the green glowing path...
You are Everything #272
You are Everything, ©John O'Grady 15.75″ x 12″ oil on deep edged Beech Panel, ready to hang and doesn't require framing SOLD Sometimes when making a painting where the vista stretches off into the distance, I imagine walking through the landscape in my minds eye and...
On the Banks of the Ouvèze River II #271
This is the second painting of remembered visits along the Ouvèze river in Provence. It records my impressions of late spring last year when the river was
The Silver Thread II #270
The Silver Thread II, ©John O'Grady Oil on 5 mm Panel 16″ x 12″ - Requires framing SOLD While painting, I recalled the special pale yellow green light you can see sometimes as the sun is setting off the west coast of Ireland. You may have noticed I often paint scenes,...
Where the Veil is Thin #269
Where the Veil is Thin, ©John O'Grady 2015 Oil on deep edged canvas, 12″ x 12″ x 1.75″ It does not require framing and is ready to hang. NFS To look at the fine veils of rain shifting and falling across the landscape in the distance is a beautiful sight to behold. As...
The Edge of the Deep Green Sea II #268
Click on image to see larger The Edge of the Deep Green Sea II, ©John O'Grady Oil on deep edged canvas, 12″ x 12″ x 1.75″ It does not require framing and is ready to hang. NFS Many painters work on a particular project by creating several pieces around a theme or...
La Route du Ventoux #267
La Route du Mt Ventoux Oil on deep edged beech Panel 12″ x 6″ x 1.5" Does not require framing. NFS I recently took a trip along what is called the 'Route des Lavandes' before the lavender was harvested to be distilled. it's a big focus of summer in this part of...
On the Banks of the Ouvèze River #266
On the Banks of the Ouvèze River Oil on 5 mm Panel 14.75" x 11" Requires framing SOLD At the moment, the Ouvèze river that runs through Vaison-la-Romaine in Provence is all but a trickle. The high temperatures reaching 40 degrees centigrades of the last few weeks have...