Allan O'Marra Fine Art

'Pickerel Weed Bed Sunset', oil on canvas, 24" x 36"

The original purchaser of this drawing of mine is downsizing and asked me to assist her with selling it. Price is $400.00 + shipping. Message me if interested. ...Title is 'Self-portrait, November 22, 1963', 1984 #pencildrawing on #paper 8.75" x 15" (image area) #graphitepencil #JFK #jfkassassination #art #artist #artgallery #artcollector #artwork #artoftheday #contemporaryart #visualart #realism #drawing #pencil #bestoftheday #artsale #resale #selfportrait #pencilportrait @simonehughes See more

This video showcases the 19 works of art comprised of a total of 121 figures--and 121 likenesses!-- in my summer 2020 Recent Figurative Works exhibition #painti...ngs #drawings #figurativeart #figurativeartist #figurativepainting #figurativedrawing #portrait #portraitpainting #portraitdrawing #realism #highrealism #contemporaryart #visualart #art #artist #artgallery #artcollector #instagood #instadaily #bestofinstagram #socialmedia #oils #oiloncanvas See more

'Antique Bottles', oil on canvas, 20" x 30"

A video of the process of painting individual portraits of my 2 grandkids, April and Alek

Rayvin on the Fence', oil on canvas, 24" x 30"

'Kensington Market, 1956', oil on canvas, 19" x 25"

'Flypast', oil on canvas, 21" x 36"

An early heads up!

Just off the easel: 'November 17', oil on canvas, 22" x 40"

'Girl on a Fence': base drawing--to be oil on canvas, 24" x 30"

Just finished: 'Lamp and Bottles Still Life', oil on canvas, 20" x 22". When Emily and Christopher were quite young, I took them canoeing on the lake across the road from my place in the Maxwell Settlement near Bancroft and Chris spotted this kerosene lamp lying on the bottom of the lake not too far from shore. I beached the canoe and waded in to retrieve the lamp and it sits in my close-by schoolhouse studio/retreat window till this day as a reminder of a magical day long ago with my two precious children.

'April (my granddaughter), oil on canvas, 24" x 18"

Lake Grass Still Life, oil on canvas, 27" x 27"

'Cedar Rail Fence--Winter Sunset, Lakeview', oil on canvas, 24" x 36"

Just finished: 'Chance Encounter', graphite pencil on illustration board, 12.5" x 18.5"

'Maxwell Settlement Schoolhouse, 1912', my 18th and final work of art for 2020--a commission for a man whose dad went to the school in the 1920s, created from a picture taken back at that time. Graphite pencil on illustration board, 12.5" x 18". Building is my homestead since 1955 and now my rural retreat and art studio.

'Pickerel Weed Bed', oil on canvas, 27" x 40"

Acrylic under-painting complete for 'Blue Bottles Still Life'--to be oil on canvas, 16" x 16

Just off the easel: 'Em-Zen (daughter Emily in 1999, South Boundary Lake', oil on canvas, 27" x 36". To be included in my just-reinstated show, 'Recent Figurative Work' at the Art Gallery of Bancroft--show to run from June 18 to July 24 (no opening reception, COVID protocols to be in place)

At the easel: working on 'Pop-Erotica II

Work-in-progress images of the painting.

Just finished: 'With Friends, 1976', oil on canvas, 32" x 36"

Just finished: acrylic on canvas, 22" x 32"

Just finished: 'La Petite Mort II', acrylic on canvas, 22" x 32"--the first of a new series of paintings I'm calling Pop Erotica

'16 D'Arcy OCA Crew, T.O., 1970' graphite pencil on illustration board, 16.5" x 25"

Base drawing for 'La Petite Mort II'--to be acrylic on canvas, 22" x 32", first of my new Pop Erotica series

Just finished: 'Underground, Madawaska Uranium Mine, Bancroft' graphite pencil on illustration board, 16" x 20.5". Drawing created as a submission for the juried theme show, UNDERNEATH at the Art Gallery of Bancroft. Allan O'Marra Submission Deadline: March 08, 2020. For submission guidelines go to - https://artgallerybancroft.ca//guidelines-for-underneath-j

Installation views of a group show I put together and in which I'm a participant--opening reception: Friday, February 4, 7 - 9 pm

Just finished: 'Underneath', mixed media on canvas, 48" x 32". Painting created for the juried theme show, UNDERNEATH at the Art Gallery of Bancroft. Submission Deadline: March 08, 2020. For submission guidelines go to - https://artgallerybancroft.ca//guidelines-for-underneath-j

Work-in-progress sequence. Final is oil on canvas, 24" x 36"

First of 2020" 'Canoeing with Isabelle T.', oil on canvas, 24" x 36"

Opening reception on Friday, January 10, 7 to 9 pm

Finished on December 31, 2019, oil on canvas, 40" x 66"

My works of art for 2019

Finished! 'Family Reunion--2005', oil on canvas, 40" x 66". A marathon effort: 9 weeks of work (somewhere north of 200 hours). Gave myself the deadline of New Years Eve; finished it and signed it at 11:15 pm last night

Early notification of the 8th annual Allan's Artists show, opening in January--see flyer for details.

With my portrait and the subject, artist, Margaret Farrar at the group show I organized called Painters Painting Painters at the Art Gallery at Ontario Shores, Whitby. Show runs to December 30--see flyer below.