by John | 31 Oct 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Dark Light, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Canvas, 16″x 16″ SOLD I was talking with someone from Donegal the other day and he mentioned how the bog was turning a beautiful rich orange colour. I responded by saying it sounded like a perfect subject for a painting....
by John | 28 Aug 2013 | Land
Bog with Passing Cloud, ©John O’Grady, 2013 6″x 6″, oil on Panel In Seamus Heaney’s poem “Bogland” his first verse is: ‘We have no prairies To slice a big sun at evening – Everywhere the eye concedes to Encroaching horizon ,’ Maybe...
by John | 24 Aug 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Bog Heather II, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Panel, 12″x 12″ SOLD Evening is the time of peace for me. I keep returning to this time of day along with the reoccurring theme of the bog. Many things have been written about the bog, as a repository of our history,...
by John | 19 Aug 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Evening across the Bog, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Panel, 7″x 5″ NFS The Midlands of Ireland are flat. Large swathes of turf cover the land in shades of dark chocolate and violet browns when it rains. Though, as is often the case in Ireland the day ends with the sun...
by John | 27 Jun 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Bog Fire, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Acrylic on Panel 6″x 6″ SOLD Bog fires are a common sight in Ireland. I created this painting to convey the drama of the scene. The grey/white smoke billows on the horizon and contrasts with the deep chocolate browns of the turf. Bog...
