THE ART OF TREVOR O'REILLY
Trevor first became interested in painting many years ago, when involved with a theatre group, and doing scenery building, but it was not until he took early retirement from his job in the Civil Service in England, some twelve years ago, he was able to devote his time to doing what he loved most. |  |
With
clan origins to Granard, from County Longford, Trevor's
forebears emigrated to New York, USA in the 1850's. His father was born
there, but later left the States, to settle in Yorkshire, where Trevor
was born and raised.
Trevor
moved south, to spend most of his life in Oxfordshire, until 2005, when
he, and his wife, Gilly, herself quite a dab hand with a brush and
palette, moved to the land of his roots, to reside just outside of
Newport in
Co. Mayo.
In a purpose-built studio, many happy hours were
spent developing his skills.
They returned to their home in
England in 2009 where Trevor continued his passion. However, his health took a turn for the worse, and he regrettably died of cancer in May 2011.
A lover of colour, his
work was wide-ranging, from portraits, land and seascapes, to abstract. He experimented all the time, combining abstraction and
realism, but always creating a fusion of styles.
For most of his work, he used acrylic paints, but was equally skilled with pastels, watercolours, in fact, any medium, especially encaustic, which is a technique using melted wax.
Below are some examples of his work appropriate to this Westerly Visions website, All are available to purchase, unless otherwise indicated.
Click the thumbnails to see a larger image.
The Holy Mountain of Healing
24"w x 18"h
Golden Dawn.
24"w x 18"hThis picture is under offer
Dawn Over Croagh Patrick
30"w x24"h
Kildavnet Castle & Curraune Mountain
24"w x 18"h
Reek Day Ascending
30"w x 24"h
This picture has been sold
This picture has gone to auction
