Take Me to the Island X, ©John O’Grady
12″ x 12″ x 1.9″, oil and deep edged panel, ready to hang.
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The final flourish of the day illuminates the approaching weather front off the west coast.
Our eyes move down this painting.
They travel through the rich deep blue of the sky at dusk, the white clouds blasted by the westerly wind, the orange, red and violet of the mass of clouds until they reach the deep blue violet that fall into the encroaching darkness.
From the right, a light cuts across the water and through the gloom to come and shine on the rocky island.
Soon, it too will be cast in the silence and solitude of the night.
And the drama will end for another day.
I’d love to hear what you think.
I love this whole series, John (and own one of the earlier ones, as you know). This one is full of life and fantasy. I am tempted, like Polonius and Hamlet, to read the clouds as creatures in their own right, connected to the island below (and separated from it as well) by a series of gorgeous colors, and buffeted by the wind. Bravo!
Hello Rachel, indeed you do have one in the series, No5 as I recall. What a wonderful reading of the painting, in fact a few people have mentioned seeing creatures and spirits in the clouds of the most recent pieces. Thank you very much for your comment’.
John, you’ve been on a roll as of late. This piece in particular, great composition and execution, and your use of the blues is masterful.
Hello Brian,
Thanks very much for the comment. Yes things are flowing at the moment. fingers crossed