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Tony O’Malley HRHA (1913-2003)
POND REVERIE I, 1994
oil on board
signed, titled and dated on reverse; with typed Taylor Galleries exhibition label also on reverse
48 by 48in. (121.92 by 121.92cm)
Provenance:
Taylor Galleries, Dublin
Exhibited:
‘Tony O’Malley’, Taylor Galleries, Dublin, April - May, 1996, catalogue no. 9
Literature:
Ed. Lynch, Brian, Tony O’Malley, Scolar Press in Association with the Butler Gallery, Kilkenny, 1996, p. 290 (full page illustration)
This work is part of a series of pond paintings made by O’Malley over the later years of his life. In 1977 he and his wife Jane had
bought a cottage at Physicanstown in Co. Kilkenny which became their permanent home in 1990. The garden was carefully
cultivated and its pond provided the inspiration for an ongoing cycle of works that signal the stability of O’Malley’s domestic
surroundings and its impact on his artwork. Thinly painted on board
Pond Reverie I explores the changing efects of sunlight on water. Refections of light on the surface and on the fsh and plant life
below are picked out in bright oranges and blues. Flecks of impasto across the composition along with dots of fickering colourful
forms suggest the vigorous organic life of the pond and create a rich and absorbing work of art.
Dr. Róisín Kennedy
April 2012
€25,000-€35,000 (£20,491-£28,688 approx).
The Jim O’Driscoll Collection WHYTESS I N C E 1 7 8 3
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