PAINTINGS from the studio © Margo Donoghue 2025
Ticket to ride
Acrylic & mixed media on canvas
Height: 91cm Width: 61cm Depth: 4cm
PRICE: $2,250
A recent trip to Japan and peak hour trip on the subway, hanging from a strap on a crowded commute, was inspiration for this work. For a change from realist painting, I shifted to a semi-abstract style using a palette knife with lashings of acrylic colour and a lost ticket.
Forgot the umbrella
Oil on canvas
Height: 91cm Width: 61cm Depth: 4cm
PRICE: $2,250
Back to the daily commute to work is a common morning scene in Brisbane. We expect sunny weather most days and on the rare occasion are caught in down pour without the umbrella.
Along the Bellinger
Oil & mixed media on canvas
Height: 110cm Width: 76cm Depth: 4cm
PRICE: $2,250
SOLD - Private Collection
The Bellinger valley has been the inspiration for this painting as I lived and painted in the area for many years. At one time I owned land fronting the mighty river that flows down from the New England tablelands.
Beyond the Void
Oil & mixed media on canvas
Height: 76cm Width: 120cm Depth: 4cm
PRICE: $2,800
‘Beyond the Void’ represents a visual outback observation of isolation and solitude, however there’s a quiet resilience in the scene, a testament to the land’s ancient unyielding spirit. The landscape sinks into a subterranean chasm which suggests indigenous spirits that lay dormant beneath the rough sun-baked earth.
A recent visit to Uluru was the inspiration for this painting.
Pie Creek, Mooloo, Gympie
Finalist - Du Rietz Art Awards 2024
Oil on canvas
Height: 76cm Width: 110cm Depth: 4cm
PRICE: $2,800
SOLD - Private Collection
Water from rivers and creeks are important elements to the health of the environment and I have always had a strong attraction to capture water scenes and their surrounding reflections in my paintings.
A quick acrylic under painting sets the composition while I proceed in oil paints working light to dark tones to capture a realist rending in an impressionist style.
I have focused on capturing the soft light and water reflections juxtaposed against the strong tonal dark of the surrounding bush land to reflect the tranquillity and serenity of this end of Pie Creek.
Sunday markets (Southbank)
Oil on canvas
Height: 77cm Width: 102cm Depth: 4cm
PRICE: $1,550
cnr. Ann & Wickham Sts., Brisbane
Oil on linen
Height: 45cm Width: 65cm Depth: 4cm
PRICE: $850
Valley Crossing (Ann St., Brisbane)
Oil on linen
Height: 45cm Width: 65cm Depth: 4cm
SOLD - Private Collection
‘Brisbane River (The Corso)’
Oil on linen
Height: 76cm Width: 102cm Depth: 4cm
PRICE: P.O.A.
SOLD - Private Collection
Perrin Creek, Morningside, Brisbane
Oil on linen
Height: 71cm Width: 56cm Depth: 4cm
SOLD - Private Collection, Brisbane
The Corner Store, 1960s Fairfield, Brisbane
Oil on linen
Height: 56cm Width: 71cm Depth: 4cm
SOLD - Private collection, Sydney
Drought & Fire
Oil and mixed media on canvas
Height: 61cm Width: 91cm Depth: 4cm
PRICE: $1,750
Valla Rural, NSW
Oil on linen
Height: 56cm Width: 56cm Depth: 4cm
SOLD - Private Collection
Raptis Jetty, Brisbane River (study)
Acrylic on canvas
Height: 51cm Width: 40cm Depth: 4cm
SOLD - Private collection, Sydney
Along the Castlereagh
Oil on linen
Height: 90cm Width: 122cm Depth: 4cm
SOLD - private collection, Brisbane
Foreshore Brisbane River
Oil on canvas
Height: 75cm Width: 95cm Depth: 4cm
PRICE: $1,350
Morning Brisbane River
Oil on linen
Height: 90cm Width: 122cm Depth: 4cm
SOLD - Private collection, Brisbane
Corner fence post
Acrylic on canvas
Height: 75cm Width: 95cm Depth: 4cm
SOLD - private collection, Brisbane
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Enquiries should be addressed to the artist, Margo Donoghue via email - margodon20@gmail.com
© Margo Donoghue 2025