Orla Whelan

Visual Artist

Moon, Valley, Dew, Death – The Series, 2016 – ongoing

Moon, Valley, Dew, Death #127, 2022, oil on linen, 24 x 18cm, studio
Moon, Valley, Dew, Death #111, 2022, oil on linen, 24 x 18cm, studio
Moon, Valley, Dew, Death #88, 2020, oil on linen, 24 x 18cm, oak frame. OPW Sate Art Collection
Moon, Valley, Dew, Death #79, 2020, oil on linen, 24 x 18cm, oak frame. Private Collection
Moon, Valley, Dew, Death #56, 2018, oil on linen, 24 x 18cm, oak frame.
Moon, Valley, Dew, Death #V4, 2019, wood veneers on panel, 24 x 18cm.
Moon, Valley, Dew, Death #W3, 2018, oil on birchwood wedges, 24 x 18cm. Trinity College Dublin art collection

Moon, Valley, Dew, Death is an ongoing series of small works, all measuring 24 x 18cm, which includes oil paint on a range of surfaces including linen, marble, birchwood wedges, as well as wood veneers on panel. The series is a formal and phiosphical investigation played out on intimately scaled surfaces, using a restricted colour palette and the same basic forms. Begun in 2016, Moon, Valley, Dew, Death currently has in excess of 100 pieces.