Maxwell Settlement Road Looking West

This high-realist autumn landscape depicts the rural roadway leading to Allan O’Marra's property in the Ontario countryside, a region he has occupied intermittently since his childhood in 1955. Grounded in his photographic references, the oil painting anchors the viewer with a steep, ascending ribbon of cool blue asphalt that establishes a dramatic one-point perspective. The geometric sweep of white power lines on the left sharply contrasts with the organic textures of the surrounding foliage, rendered in vibrant crimson, gold, and deep greens. By documenting a familiar local topography, O'Marra aligns with a regionalist tradition of painting deeply personal lived environments.