Winter in Wicklow ©John O’Grady
5″ x 7″ x 2″, oil on deep edge panel, ready to hang.
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I’ve made a few paintings of the bogland high in the Wicklow mountains. Nearly all convey a hushed moment to commune with nature.
Up there, you can hear the wind rustling through the bog grasses on this wild rolling landscape open to the elements.
This painting explores similar themes when snow covered the bogland in a white blanket showing-off its biomorphic beauty.
So I painted simple shapes and marks with a muted palette. They whisper like a breeze whispers on a still evening.
The silence of the place is palpable. Memory holds the solitude.
The moon and the evening star celebrate this moment like choreographed dancers moving across the sky.
I’d love to hear what you think about the painting.
P.S. I’m also selling Christmas cards showing this image.
I’m ordering the Christmas cards (left blank inside for your personalised message) this Thursday 2nd November. Pre-order some here (you’ll get them after mid November).
The cards are sold in packs of 5. If you are interested go ahead by Wednesday 1st November.
This is a painting I can really relate to John – it is a visual delight and thats for sure! The atmosphere of quiet solitutude and tranquility is palpable. The delicate colour along the horizon is inspired and so delicately and expertly painted. The blues and violets highlight the contours of the mountain and the land beneath. Sheer delight – many congratulations.
Hello Chris,
Thank you very much for your comment. The horizon line that you mention was the last addition to the painting, I felt it was too cold so the touch of warm orange acts as a counterbalance. Glad you like it.
Beautifully cold solitude. Reminiscent of winters in the midwest.
Thank you very much Mikael
Beautiful feeling in this painting and your description of it is very poetic too.
Thank you Sylvia,
Finding the write words for a painting can be the hardest part of the job, so I appreciate your comment