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 light, Provence #85
First Light, Provence, ©John O'Grady, 2012 Oil on Panel, 5"x 7" Not for Sale This is a reworking of a painting I started in the Autumn but didn't finish. We have been looking at each other, but not conversing, until a few days ago.
Peace #84
John O'Grady, Oil on Panel, 6"x 6", 2012 SOLD
La Route du Nougat #83
La Route du Nougat, ©John O'Grady, 2012 Oil on Panel, 5"x 7" In Provence, the custom for the Christmas meal is to have 13 desserts on the table. Sent on a mission to buy one of them, nougat made by a reputed artisan in Sault, a town on a plateau near Mt Ventoux, we...
First Light, Ireland #82
First Light, Ireland, ©John O'Grady, 2012 Oil on Panel, 12"x 12" A stately tree in the mist in county Wicklow. Not for Sale
Loughcrew Equinox, Ireland #81
Loughcrew Equinox, ©John O'Grady, Oil on panel, 6"x 6",2012 Not for Sale This is a view of Loughcrew Cairn, the mound on the hill in the far distance emerging out of the morning mist. I have climbed the hill and entered the tomb on the Autumnal equinox, a day when the...
The Golden Tree #80
John O'Grady, oil on Panel, 6"x 6", 2012 Looking from my terrace, at the end of the day a shaft of winter light has been illuminating this tree for the last month. All the leaves have now gone, but the memory of its glow is still with me.
Then the Snow Came #79
Then the Snow came, ©John O'Grady, 2012 Oil on Panel, 8"x 8"
Moonlight over the Lake, Ireland #78
Moonlight over the Lake, ©John O'Grady, 2012 Oil on Panel, 8"x 8" SOLD
The Figures in Blue #77
The Figures in Blue, ©John O'Grady, 2012 Oil on Panel, 7"x 5" Not For Sale
Puck’s Castle #76
John O'Grady, Oil on Panel, 5"x 7", 2012 Puck or Pooka in Irish is a terrifying spirit or malevolent fairy. You can guess from this that Puck Castle in Co Dublin is reputed to be haunted. King James stayed here after his defeat in the battle of the Boyne. The origins...
Four Green Fields #75
John O’Grady, Oil on Panel, 6″x 6″, 2012 Another time, another season. Ballycorus in South Co Dublin.
Vaison la Romaine by Night #74
Vaison la Romaine by Night, © John O'Grady, 2012 Oil on Panel, 6"x 6" This is looking across to the Medieval town of Vaison. The Chateau is illuminated by floodlights and on this occasion by a full moon.
Autumn Vines, St Hippolyte #73
Autumn Vines, St Hippolyte, 2012, ©John O'Grady Oil on Panel, 6"x 6" Not for Sale (NFS) The vines have nearly lost their leaves but a few show a last flourish of glorious reds and oranges.
Le Chemin de la Roque Alric #72
John O'Grady, Oil on Panel, 6"x 6", 2012 Looking towards Carpentras and the Alpilles mountains, covered in Autumn mist SOLD
Still Life with Bird #71
Still Life with Bird, ©John O'Grady, 2012 Oil on Panel, 6"x 6" The view from my studio on an Autumn evening with three Corsican Clementines