The Edge of the Deep Green Sea III, ©John O’Grady
12″ x 11″ x 1.25″, acrylic on deep edge panel, ready to hang
Not for Sale (NFS)
When standing on the edge of the deep green sea, what can we see?
I’d love to read your comment.
The Edge of the Deep Green Sea III, ©John O’Grady
12″ x 11″ x 1.25″, acrylic on deep edge panel, ready to hang
Not for Sale (NFS)
When standing on the edge of the deep green sea, what can we see?
I’d love to read your comment.
Even though this is painted beautifully John, it sends a shiver down my spine as the foreground looks like the pleasant green land of Erin but then the iceberg Iooming on the horizon foretells of the disaster to come as the level of the ocean water rises with the melting of polar ice.
I know what you mean Eoin, the painting arose from a fragment of a dream, which on reflection was fed by seeing footage of the imminent break away glacier in Antarctica, which is purported to be the size of Rhode Island, phew!
The rich velvety green is characteristic of the landscape of the Emerald Isle and here the colour glows and ‘sings’ chequered by stone walls and evidence of human habitation. Yet, there is something unreal and fantastic about this beguiling painting as the calm ‘flat’ sea and cloudless sky is punctuated by , not a craggy rock or intriguing island but an icy blue/white mass tinged with pink. This juxtaposition has a magical realist effect which fits with your inspiration described above.
Hello Chris,
Thank you very much for your comment, your words ‘Magical realist’ certainly came to my mind when I read it.