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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 of this page): 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, please write to me by regular post at the address below:
Michael D. O'Brien, P.O. Box 294, Combermere, Ontario, K0J 1L0, Canada.
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I regret that I am unable to read manuscripts of books, short stories, poetry, or essays, and thank you for your understanding in this regard. Due to a great amount of creative work ahead of me, I am able to send out my (somewhat irregular) newsletter only from time to time, advising you about new publications and paintings or offering random ponderings on faith and culture. 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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Tuesday, 30 October 2012 16:44 |
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Available from Justin Press, Ottawa, October, 2012 http://www.justinpress.ca/A collection of Michael D. O'Brien's essays, reviews, and interviews examining the integral role of culture in the new evangelization: where we are gaining ground and where we are losing—and why.
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Michael O'Brien-online video |
Michael D. O'Brien talk at Trinity-Kolbe Academy, California, November, 2011,
"Catholic Fiction in an Age of Illusions":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qqrn0h4e7Y
Michael D. O'Brien interview with Fr. Joseph Fessio, publisher of Ignatius Press, November, 2011:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qgp4zpyWlc |
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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Read more... [The Father's Tale]
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