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Welcome to the official online gallery presenting the works of painter, novelist, and essayist Michael D. O'Brien
Dear Guests,
In all my work I seek to contribute to the restoration of Christian culture. I try to express the holiness of existence and the dignity of the human person situated in an incarnational universe. Each visual image and each work of prose is an incarnation of a word, a statement of faith. At the same time, it asks the questions: What is most noble and eternal in man? Who is he? Why does he exist? And what is his eternal destiny?
There are more than a hundred articles, interviews, and transcripts of talks available on this site, which can be accessed by selecting the specific category under Writings in the menu on the upper left side of the home page. Or click on the Sitemap bar for the complete list of files on this site.
There are also four visual art categories for you to explore (see the categories in the Gallery menu on the left side): the Profiled Works gallery contains paintings completed during recent years; these are the only ones available for purchase. The Modern and Byzantine galleries contain images painted during the past forty years, which are no longer available for purchase. In the Recently Sold gallery are images purchased within the past year. Please note that most of the galleries have several pages of "thumbnail" images. In all galleries you may click on the thumbnail for a larger version of each image. Prints are not available for any of the paintings.
If you wish to inquire about purchasing a painting, or regarding other matters, please write to me by regular post at:
Michael D. O'Brien, P.O. Box 294, Combermere, Ontario, K0J 1L0, Canada.
I thank you for visiting and invite you to reflect on further issues in Christian art, literature, and culture by subscribing to my (somewhat irregular) newsletter. Due to a great amount of creative work ahead of me, I am able to send it only from time to time, announcing events such as speaking engagements or new publications and paintings. If you wish to receive these mailings, simply sign up via the e-mail subscribe box on the left side of this home page.
God bless you always, in our Saviour Jesus.
Michael D. O'Brien
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Father at Night is a collection of my personal stories and reflections on the vocation of Fatherhood, its challenges, triumphs, defeats, consolations, humour, sorrows and joys lived in circumstances ranging from difficult to impossible.
"... the family seems at times a hospital, a prison, a boarding house and a mental institution. It is all of these and more, of course. It is a place of 'fearful beauty', packed to the full with every emotion imaginable, with moments of brilliant illumination and dark squalor, with limitless opportunities for heroism and for sin. ... It is the great school of the soul." ~ Michael O'Brien
published by Justin Press
www.justinpress.ca
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The Father's Tale is the story of Alex Graham, a quiet middle-age man waiting to die. A widower with two sons, he is the owner-manager of a small town bookshop, considered by all who know him to be a "boring man, an unimportant man," and he is contented to be so. When one of his sons disappears without explanation or any hint of where he has gone, the father begins a long journey that takes him for the first time away from his safe and orderly world. As he stumbles across the merest thread of a trail, he follows it in blind desperation and is led step by step on an odyssey that brings him to fascinating places and sometimes to frightening people and perils.
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Winter Tales, a new book by Michael D. O'Brien, contains four imaginative stories for readers young and old. Published by Justin Press, Ottawa, in can be ordered through the publisher's website at:
www.justinpress.ca
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Michael O'Brien book on Harry Potter |
New Book by Michael D. O'Brien
Introduction by Bishop Julian Porteous, Sydney, Australia
Bishop Julian Porteous, Auxiliary Bishop and exorcist of the Archdiocese of Sydney, Australia: "Like Michael O'Brien, I believe that Catholic parents need to be alerted to the possible negative influences these books can have on the moral and spiritual formation of their children. Any parent concerned about the formation of their children's character should read this book."
The Harry Potter Series, book by book. Parental Strategies for Healthy Family Culture. Pope Benedict and Harry Potter. The War of Disinformation and Opinion. Harry Potter and the Gnostic Mind. Where Is It All Going? Twilight of the West. The Golden Compass or the Moral Compass?
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Read more... [Michael O'Brien book on Harry Potter]
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