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Winter on Mount Kippure, ©John O’Grady 2014
Oil on deep edged Panel, 9.5″ x 7″ x 1.5″
(approx 24.5 cm x 18 cm x 4 cm, no need to frame and ready to hang)

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This is the second painting of Mount Kippure high in the Wicklow Mountains. The first one was of Autumn.

Clearly this is Winter when a dusting of snow has covered the bog and more is expected as the clouds in the distance suggest another front is moving in.

In winter 2010, the temperature dropped to -15 degree centigrades which is unheard of in Ireland. I wanted to get that bitterly cold feeling in the painting. I remember the skies heavy with snow that had a bruised foreboding colour and of course, the Wicklow mountains and particularly Sally Gap were impassable.

I’d love to hear what you think.