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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The Coastal Road #302
7″ x 9″ x 0.75″ oil on canvas, ready to hang.
This painting is available
This painting brought up memories of a visit to Achill Island in Co Mayo where
Night Sky over the Sugar Loaf #301
10″ x 10″ oil on panel, requires framing.
This painting came to me during the week after seeing some photographs of swirling forms that had been cut into
You Are Everything IV #300
8″ x 11.75″ oil on panel, requires framing.
The previous ‘You are Everything’ paintings were exploring our interconnectedness to the world around us. With this painting, it’s also about
The Journey #299
8″ x 8″ X 0.75″ oil on canvas, ready to hang.●
I watched the last light of day from my studio, the pale orange glow cast the distant hills in a blue/violet shadow.
The stage was set. To the top left
Blue Moon over the Orchard #298
Blue Moon over the Orchard, ©John O’Grady 8″ x 8″ X 0.75″ oil on canvas, ready to hang. SOLD When driving out of Vaison-La-Romaine, you soon come to the countryside. It's perfect to take a small side road and get off the beaten path. A few years ago, one warm,...
La Pinède #297
La Pinède, ©John O’Grady 8.25″ x 8.25″ x 1.75″ oil on deep edged canvas, ready to hang SOLD La Pinède or Pine grove is an accompanying piece to The Chapel in the Woods. It wasn't planned that way and they happily happened to be the same size. The intense light of...
Olive Grove in Les Baronnies #296
Olive Grove in Les Baronnies, ©John O’Grady 8″ x 11.75″ oil on panel, requires framing SOLD There is a small scenic winding road that passes between the village of Chateauneuf-de-Bordettte and Mirabel-les- Baronnies. Close to Mirabel, olive groves are neatly laid out...
The Chapel in the Woods #295
The Chapel in the Woods, ©John O’Grady
8.25″ x 8.25″ x 1.75″ oil on deep edged canvas, ready to hang
$242 (approx. €216, £188) with free shipping.
A chapel in the wood on a warm, provençal summer evening looks magical among tall trees and dappled light.
The Way Over the Bog #294
10″ x 10″ oil on deep edge panel, ready to hang●
An atmospheric view of an old Irish cottage one late evening up on the bogland. The light is suffused to give this wistful painting a sepia tint.
Le Chemin de Vaison-la-Romaine #293
Le Chemin de Vaison La Romaine, ©John O’Grady 20″ x 20″ X 1.75″ oil on deep edged canvas, ready to hang. Not For Sale Vineyards nestle up to the wooded hillsides that surround the town of Vaison-la-Romaine where I live. Forests of Mediterranean shrubs, oaks and pines...
The Spirit of Water VI #292
The Spirit of Water VI ©John O’Grady 12″ x 12″ oil on panel, requires framing SOLD Across the sky, light and shade cast shadows upon land and sea. The sun shines while rain falls. Moisture refracts the light, bouncing it through the air. This is the jewel-like light...
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...
You Are Everything III #290
You are Everything III, ©John O’Grady 20″ x 20″ X 1.75″ oil on deep edged canvas, ready to hang. SOLD Like the previous two paintings in this series, this work is a combination of remembered places visited and a dreamscape in my mind's eye, physically placing myself...
Murmur #289
Murmur, 2016 ©John O’Grady
8″ x 10″ oil on panel, requires framing ●
A painting full of whispers, small imperceptible shifts of tone and colour…
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 sea...