Breon O'Casey

Overview

Breon O’Casey (1928-2011) was an artist and sculptor who immersed himself fully in the vibrant arts scene in St Ives in the middle of the 20th Century. He was as dedicated to his craft as to his adopted home of Cornwall.

Arriving in St Ives in the late 1950s, Breon O’Casey found himself amongst some of the foremost – and formative – artists of the day, including Terry Frost, William Scott and of course Barbara Hepworth, with whom he worked as her assistant. O’Casey’s work moved into an abstract style inspired by the immediate things around him in his windowless studio – he described himself as far more of a still-life artist than anything else.

 

For his works on canvas and paper, as well as beautiful sculpture and jewellery, simplicity of shape and dimension are comfortingly familiar; as he said himself, ‘there is nothing new under the sun, but an infinity of arrangements’.

Works
  • Breon O'Casey, Bird with Orange Dots
    Breon O'Casey
    Bird with Orange Dots
    Printed card
    H22 x W31 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 420.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Collage Printed Card
    Breon O'Casey
    Collage Printed Card
    Printed card
    H25.5 x W31 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 380.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Collage Printed Card
    Breon O'Casey
    Collage Printed Card
    Printed card
    H25.5 x W31 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 380.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Collage Printed Card
    Breon O'Casey
    Collage Printed Card
    Printed card
    H25.5 x W31cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 380.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Collage Printed Card
    Breon O'Casey
    Collage Printed Card
    Printed card
    H31 x W25.5 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 380.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Collage Printed Card
    Breon O'Casey
    Collage Printed Card
    Printed card
    H31 x W25.5 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 380.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Untitled
    Breon O'Casey
    Untitled
    Linocut on paper
    1998
    Ed. AP 11/200
    H29.5 x W29 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 420.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Untitled
    Breon O'Casey
    Untitled
    Linocut on paper
    1998
    Ed. AP 11/200
    H29.5 x W29 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 420.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Untitled
    Breon O'Casey
    Untitled
    Linocut on paper
    1998
    Ed. AP 11/200
    H29.5 x W29 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 420.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Collage Printed Card
    Breon O'Casey
    Collage Printed Card
    Printed card
    H31 x W25.5 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 380.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Untitled
    Breon O'Casey
    Untitled
    Linocut on paper
    1998
    Ed. AP 11/200
    H29.5 x W29 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 420.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Collage Printed Card
    Breon O'Casey
    Collage Printed Card
    Printed card
    H25.5 x W31cm (framed dimensions)
    Sold
  • Breon O'Casey, Collage Printed Card
    Breon O'Casey
    Collage Printed Card
    Printed card
    H25.5 x W31cm (framed dimensions)
    Sold
  • Breon O'Casey, Collage Printed Card
    Breon O'Casey
    Collage Printed Card
    Printed card
    H31 x W25.5 cm (framed dimensions)
    Sold
  • Breon O'Casey, Collage Printed Card
    Breon O'Casey
    Collage Printed Card
    Printed card
    H29 x W29 cm (framed dimensions)
    Sold
  • Breon O'Casey, Collage Printed Card
    Breon O'Casey
    Collage Printed Card
    Printed card
    H29 x W29 cm (framed dimensions)
    Sold
  • Breon O'Casey, Untitled
    Breon O'Casey
    Untitled
    Linocut on paper
    1998
    Ed. AP 11/200
    H29.5 x W29 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 420.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Bird
    Breon O'Casey
    Bird
    Collage, gouache and linocut
    Inscribed 'Dear Jane/A Merry Christmas &/A Happy New Year' (verso)
    H54 x W63 cm
    £ 4,000.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Untitled
    Breon O'Casey
    Untitled
    2001
    Screenprint
    Edition Printer's Proof
    H70.5 x W82 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 2,950.00
  • Breon O'Casey, Another Part of the Forest
    Breon O'Casey
    Another Part of the Forest
    1994
    Oil and acrylic on paper
    H47 x W53.5 cm (framed dimensions)
    £ 3,200.00
  • Breon O'Casey, I Saw From The Beach
    Breon O'Casey
    I Saw From The Beach
    1999
    Linocut
    H73 x W56 cm (Framed Dimensions)
    Sold