GWEN O'NEIL

Gwen O’Neil (b. New York, New York) is an artist living and working in Los Angeles. She earned her BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2015. 

As a colorist, O’Neil intuitively and methodically mixes and then dabs pigment-loaded brushes on raw canvas in a chorus of elaborate chromatic harmonies. Her compositions comprise wave-like color shifts of repetitive stippled brushwork, crashing, swirling and buzzing across the surface like static. The luminous canvases draw inspiration from nature and across works O’Neil captures Los Angeles twilight, contemplates spiraling geometry of shells, and interprets hypnotic formations of starlings, known as murmurations. Formally and conceptually the works hearken to California and west coast tradition of exploring light and color.