by John | 13 Dec 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
The Violet Sky, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Panel, 5″x 7″ SOLDThis painting shows the newly risen moon over the bog at twilight. The arrangement in violet, copper brown and silver started off with an underpainting of cool dark blue. Then, I painted over with a highly...
by John | 30 Nov 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Winter Sunset, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Panel, 6″x 6″ SOLD “It is better to paint from memory, for thus your work will be your own” Paul Gauguin When I close my eyes, I can tell myself what I want to see in my mind’s eye. Invented or real,...
by John | 23 Nov 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
Skyscape over the Irish Midlands, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Panel, 16″x 16″ Not For Sale This is a detail of my latest painting showing the wide open spaces of the Midlands where turf cutting is mechanised to a high degree. The bog has been altered beyond...
by John | 14 Nov 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland
The Southwesterly, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Panel, 6″x 6″ SOLD This small work was finished today. It shows a sky full of movement and character experienced when the wind blows from the south west in Ireland All the movement is from right to left, which is of...
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....
