Roderick O’Flaherty grew up in the mid-west, and was educated at Yale and at the Cornell Law School. Subsequently, he decided not to practice law and instead to pursue his life-long interest in art. Self taught as an artist, he worked first as an illustrator doing book covers and greeting cards, and then began to exhibit and sell his paintings through galleries.
O’Flaherty’s highly realistic paintings capture quintessential New England over change of weather and season with astounding clarity. An impressive draughtsman, his typically small panels invite the viewer along a dockside in Nantucket or down a snowy street in the South End of Boston with colorful depth and appeal.
Currently working primarily in oils, he has also employed acrylics and
watercolors. His tightly realistic style has won him six awards in open
competition since 2000, including most recently in the Salmagundi Club’s
2004 Annual Show, and as a 2005 Finalist in the
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