Studio Notes
On this blog, I regularly publish new paintings straight off the easel and discuss what inspired them and how they came about.
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First Snow On Mont Ventoux #286
First Snow on Mont Ventoux, ©John O’Grady
14.25″ x 16″ oil and wax on panel, requires framing ●
A view of Mont Ventoux with a dusting of snow on a late autumnal day.
Take Me to the Island IX #285
10″ x 10″, oil and wax on panel, requires framing.●
One of the themes I revisit is things appearing and disappearing when viewed through the lens of atmospheric changes.
The Silver Thread IV #284
The Silver Thread IV, ©John O’Grady 12″ x 12″ oil on panel, requires framing. Not for Sale I wanted to flood this painting with filtered rays as they pass through clouds and capture the quality of light bouncing off water you might see on the west coast of Ireland....
The Spirit of Water V #283
12″ x 12″ x 1.75″, oil on deep edged canvas ●
It’s a tempestuous day on the west coast of Ireland. Weather fronts succeed one another but a brighter day is coming.
The Turning of the Year II #282
The Turning of the Year II, ©John O’Grady 16″ x 20″ x 1.75″ oil on deep edged canvas, ready to hang. SOLD This painting is an expression of a significant moment, the turning of the year. I wish you a very Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year. Thank you for your...
Winter on Mount Kippure II #281
Winter on Mount Kippure II, ©2015 John O’Grady 12″ x 16″ oil on panel, requires framing SOLD Mount Kippure, high up in the Wicklow Mountains, looks onto open bogland, swathes of grasses blowing and here and there, criss-crossing the landscape, black cuttings of banks...
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...