IN THE MEDIA

O'Brien's paintings have been used three times on the covers of catalogs for exhibititons at The Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport.

O'Brien's paintings have been used four times on the covers of Naval History Magazine — from 2007 to 2009. This magazine is published by the U.S. Naval Institute at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD.

O'Brien's paintings have been used on the covers of novels of historical naval fiction.

O'Brien's paintings have been featured on the cover of Sea History magazine, published by the National Maritime Historical Society.
In 2007, O'Brien's paintings of Civil War maritime scenes were featured in a four-page cover article in Sea History magazine, published by the National Maritime Historical Society.
In 2008, a production crew for The History Channel filmed O'Brien in his studio.


Baltimore's NPR station, WYPR, produced a 13-minute radio segment about O'Brien and his work in 2007.
In December, 2008 O'Brien was interviewed about his work in his studio by the local CBS News channel.
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The Baltimore Sun ran an article about O'Brien as he worked on a large commissioned painting of the Battle of the Chesapeake Bay.

O'Brien was featured in
The Artist's Magazine in 2006
and Home & Design magazine in the 2008.

O'Brien has written and illustrated twelve non-fiction children's books, including The Mutiny on the Bounty, The Great Ships, and Duel of the Ironclads. Click here to see them.
   
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