Diary of a Painting #171

by | 5 Feb 2014 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland

A Murmur in the Trees III, ©John O’Grady, 2014 16″ x 16″, Oil on Panel   SOLD   This is a visual diary of a painting.  It’s for my own records and also to look back and learn from documenting the process of making a painting. I thought...

Evening Shadows #110

by | 3 Apr 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland

Evening Shadows, © John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Panel, 6″x 6″ SOLD This painting is really a continuation of  the previous painting #109, now exploring the colours of evening’s warmer dappled light as opposed to morning’s cooler...

What is it about Moonlight? #95

by | 8 Feb 2013 | Landscape Paintings - Provence

Moonlight on Le Chemin des Ecoliers, ©John O’Grady, 2013 Oil on Panel, 5″x 7″ Not for Sale What is it about moonlit scenes or as Whistler called them, Nocturnes? The special quality of light, the drama and calm atmosphere it evokes? On the way back...

A Murmur in the Trees II #65

by | 1 Nov 2012 | Landscape Paintings - Ireland

A Murmur in the Trees II, ©John O’Grady, 2012 Oil on Panel, 6″x 6″ Not for Sale A second painting in a short series exploring the way trees filter light that creates forever changing patterns and colours on the path of an Irish country...