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Maria O’Brien’s practice involves painting and drawing. She has a Masters in Fine Art and a First Class Honours Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art Painting from the National College of Art and Design and a Higher Diploma in Art Education from Limerick School of Art and Design. She teaches art in the Midlands Prison Education Centre in Portlaoise.

 


Maria’s Work


Red Canoe

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10x14 inches, 2016

Four Men in a Boat Crossing a Lake

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 20 x 14 inches

Red Life Jacket

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x14 inches

Paddling in to the Sunset

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board, 12x14 inches 2014

Untitled

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas, 10x14 inches, 2016

Untitled

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x10 inches, 2016

Yolleyball on the beach

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Linen,  20x 14 inches 2016

Autumn View

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board, 5x7 inches 

Red and White on a Sunny Day

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 12x 16 inches, Purchased-by-OPW

Red Boot

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 5 x 7 inches, Purchased-by-OPW

Two Friends in a Snowy Wood

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 20 x 14 inches

Walk in a Snowy Wood

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 20 x 14 inches

Waterfall

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 20 x 14 inches

Bats by Moon-Light

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 5 x 3 inches

Cara with Urban Cherry Blossom

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 10 x 14 inches

Devil's Bit

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 5 x 7 inches

Evening I

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 5 x 7 inches

Evening II

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 5 x 7 inches

Evening III

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 5 x 7 inches

Motorway Overpass

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 5 x 7 inches

Scots Pines I

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 5 x 7 inches

Scots Pines II

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 22 x 56 inches

Snow and Sheepskin Coat

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 10 x 14 inches

Winter Trees with Crows

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 5 x 7 inches

Bench

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board 5 x 7 inches

Cassie

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 10 x 14 inches

Conor

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 10 x 14 inches

Dee and Shane

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 20 x 30 inches

Dee Hula Hoop I

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 10 x 14 inches

Dee Hula Hoop II

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 10 x 14 inches

Dee

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas 5 x 7 inches

Deirdre and Flyover Bridge

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board 6 x 8 inches

Ed Hula Hoop I

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 10 x 14 inches

Ed Hula Hoop II

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 10 x 14 inches

Eleanor

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 10 x 14 inches

Evening Bushes

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board 5 x 7 inches

Girl Cycling

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 20 x 30 inches

Green Seated Group

Maria O'Brien, Ink and Pastel on Paper, 20-x-30 inches

Half Moon

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board 5 x 7 inches

Pond at Annaghmakerrig

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas, 10-x-10 inches

Sitting Out the Back on a Summer Evening

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas,

Yellow Mack at a Festival

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10-x-14 inches

Boots

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board, 5 x 7 inches

Deirdre in Snow covered Corbet's

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas, 5 x 7 inches

Elaine with Telescope

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board, 5 x 7 inches

Green Scarf

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board, 5 x 7 inches

Untitled

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas,

Musicians

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board, 20 x 20 inches

Night Time Street Scene

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board

Paul and Josh

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board, 10 x 12 inches

Phone You

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board, 5 x 7 inches

Skiing

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board, 5 x 7 inches

Two Figures by a Fountain

Maria O'Brien, Pastel on Paper, 20 x 30 inches

Two Figures Embrace

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 5 x 7 inches

Two Figures in a Gondola II

Maria O'Brien, Ink and Pastel on Paper, 20 x 30 inches

Two Figures in a Gondola I

Maria O'Brien, Coloured Pencil on Paper, 20 x 30 inches

Two Figures Picnic

Maria O'Brien, Coloured Pencil on Paper, 40 x 60 inches

Two Men Overlooking a Landscape

Maria O'Brien, Pastel on Paper, 20 x 30 inches

Watery Mall

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board, 5 x 7 inches

You've Been down that Road before. You know where it goes

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas Board

Boat

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10 x 14 inches

Boats with Pink Sky and Reflections

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 14 x 20 inches

Boogie Boarder

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 10 inches

Central Park Skater

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 14 inches

Couple near a Waterfall

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 5 x 7 inches

Dancing in a Flashbulb light

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 10 inches

Divers with Floral Additions

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 10 inches

Fancy Dress Figure

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 10 inches

Festival Field with Long Shadows

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 14 inches

Figure with too Much Luggage

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 12 x 25 inches

Girl Laughing

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 14 inches

Graffiti Tourist

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 14 inches

Guy on Phone at a Festival

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 14 inches

Quads and Dunes at Dawn

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 14 inches

Red Sky with Hiker

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 14 inches

Romantic Sky with Tents and Tree

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 10 inches

Seesaw

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 14 inches

Skater Compostion

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 10 inches

Skater Falling

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, , 20 x 20 inches
(Purchased for Tipperary County Council Collection)

Skater with Stripes

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 10 inches

Snow Rock-Climber

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 10 inches

Snowman at Dawn

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 14 inches

Stags and Hens Composition

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 14 inches

Thermal Pools in the Snow

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 10 inches

Two Girls and Palm Tree Vees

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board, 10 x 14 inches

Mountaineer

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Canvas, 14-x-20 inches

Skier Posing

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x14 inches

Canoeist Pausing

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 10x 14 inches

Expedition to the Glacier

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 2016 20x 14 inches

Kayaking on Rock River

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 2016 20x 14 inches

Parasols in Sugar Beach

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 2016 10x 14 inches

Stopping for a Photo

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x14 inches

Mother and Daughter Canoeing

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x 14 inches

Parasols in Sugar Beach

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x 14 inches

Pepper Canisters

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x 14 inches

Reaching the Summit

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x 14 inches

Red and Pink Skier Pausing

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x 14 inches

Snowmobiles at Night

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x 14 inches

Sunset with Summersault

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 20x 14 inches

Tiny Skier

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper 2015 10x 14 inches

Two Friends Waving

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper on Board,

Two Snow-Boarders

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x 14 inches

Venice Beach Surfer

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x 14 inches

Walker by lake with Mountains

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x 14 inches

Ocean Park Aquarium

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board, 10x 14 inches

Park Sledging,

Maria O'Brien, Acrylic on Paper, 10x 10 inches

Ski Lift on the First Day of the Season,

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board, 31x 15 inches

Steep Ascent at Dawn

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board, 10x 14 inches

Sunday Ski Towards Stormy Valley

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board, 10x 10 inches

Buffalo

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board, 38 x 51 inches

Fishing

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board, 35 x 25 inches

Leading the Group through Falling Snow

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board, 10 x 10 inches

Mountaineers Reaching Precipice

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board, 38 x 51 inches

Pink Parasols on Sugar Beach II

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board, 70 x 54 inches

Red Life Jacket

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 25 x 35 inches

Setting up Camp with Mountain View

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board, 35 x 25 inches

Watching the Sun Set from the Ferry

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board, 35 x 25 inches

Work 3, Coral Bather

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Board, 10x 14 inches

Two Snow Boarders

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 25 x 35 inches

Kayaking on Rock River

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 20 x 14 inches

Mother and Daughter Canoeing

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x 14 inches

Reaching the Summit

Maria O'Brien, Oil on Paper, 10x 14 inches

Tent pitched under the stars

Maria O'Brien, Watercolour on Paper, 12 x 16 inches