Gavin O'Donoghue More Art

Faun`s sweet dream, 2021, 90x80 cm

Sometimes the landscape can tell more than figurative works. Thanks to emigration, I increasingly use new colors and forms. Gray-blue tones have been replaced by bright red and acid...

Ritratto dell’uomo, 2019 Oil on Panel with Gilded Frame, 14 x 14 inches Set against a penetrating black background, Justas Varpucanskis’s “Ritratto dell’uomo”’ emerges with a shro...

Games over the abyss, canvas / oil 80x120 cm

Still life with books, 120x80cm, oil on canvas

Not everything that falls from the sky - bird, canvas / oil 130x90 cm

"Future Shadow" is of a scene in the woods. This scene is of no particular place, but rather his interpretation and compilation of various places he has visited. As a painter, I examine how the depiction of light contributes to our experience of paintings. The portrayal of light helps a painting to convey the atmosphere and mood of a scene, and is much of what enables a painting to convey depth and realism. Our perception of lighting features occurs largely through pathways in the brain that carry only black and white information, pathways which are distinct from areas that encode the colors and details we use to delineate specific objects. By painting in grayscale, I try to interact specifically with this region of our visual system, with the hope of conveying some of the spaciousness and emotional significance that light can imbue on scenes. Light, whether as the crisp contrast of a back-lit forest or the gray haze of an industrial landscape, is what defines a scene. Its power to communicate the feel of a place is the principle subject of my paintings. The Blue Azul Collection...

"Clones of Clones" depicts a a city at the foot of a mountain ranged. This painting is rendered in about nine variations of gray, the darkest in the foreground is a few steps from bl...

In my paintings, I chose the main character Gestalt wooden figurine of a man) and trying to "animate" his\her

"Head in the clouds" depicts skyscrapers and a waterway. This scene is of no particular place, but rather his interpretation and compilation of var...

"Descending Towards Now," oil on wood painting by artist Todd Carpenter depicts a remote landscape of leafless trees being nourished by a running stream. Imagine this is a past route...

"With Sky Peeled Back From The Earth" depicts a open skies and city lights. This scene is of no particular place, but rather his interpretation and compilation of various places he h...