The Great Atlantic Galleries

Maggie O'Brien
Paintings of Land and Sea

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Across St Ives Bay towards the Towans
40 x 56cm oil on canvas £695

Maggie O’Brien’s love affair with Cornwall began in childhood with family holidays in and around St Ives. What started as a holiday diversion became a nagging compulsion which led her to return again and again as an adult and, by now, a trained artist.

In 2006 Maggie moved permanently to live in St. Just-in-Penwith with her husband and three sons and she now says “I find it hard to believe, after years of being a visitor that I am lucky enough to live in this extraordinary place”.

In relation to her new body of work, Maggie says “I often work and paint outside but usually the paintings are made in the studio and are a mixture of place, memory and imagination. My work is an emotionally driven exploration of light, weather and the patterns and rhythms of the seasons.

“I use a variety of techniques and materials and some images are more abstract than others. Painting, for me, is a ritual of burial and retrieval and most of the
images when they emerge are hard won.”

Maggie O’Brien trained at Central St Martins (Foundation), Camberwell (BA Hons - Fine Art & Drawing) and Wimbledon (MA Drawing). She is an energetic and pro-active exhibitor with venues in London, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

The exhibition at The Great Atlantic Bank Square Gallery in St Just-in-Penwith opens on September 27th and runs until October 21st 2009

Please call 01736 788911 (gallery hours) or 07971 206 938 (evenings and weekends) or e-mail: gallery@greatatlantic.co.uk to reserve the work of your choice.

Paintings may be collected by arrangement or we can deliver from as little as £20 depending on size and distance. Money back if not entirely satisfied (provided we are informed within 3 days of your painting being collected/delivered). Cheques and all major credit cards accepted. Colours may vary between the original paintings and the reproductions shown here.

Summer on Tresco 35 x 45cm oil on canvas £595	Newlyn towards Marazion 15 x 20cm oil £225	Tresco early morning - murky light 80 x 100cm oil on canvas £1,495
St Ives Harbour, night falling 40 x 50cm oil £650	Penwith autumn 20 x 26cm oil £295	Sun setting over Bryher 15 x 24cm oil £250
Penwith autumn 20 x 26cm oil £295	Twin islands from Tresco 35 x 45cm oil on canvas £595	After rain, Appletree Bay 18 x 27cm oil £245
New Grimsby, last light 13 x 18cm oil £195	Across the field to Newlyn 20 x 30cm oil £450	Towards Newlyn, Autumn 30 x 40cm oil on canvas £495
Great Pool reflections, Tresco 36 x 44cm gouache £495	Wild Agapanthus on Scily 20 x 44cm oil £395	Cornish summer fields 36 x 46cm oil £550
Evening light 15 x 20cm oil £195