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Gwen O'Neil

Gwen O’Neil (b. 1992, New York, New York) currently lives and works in Los Angeles. She earned her BFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2015.

O’Neil’s distinctive process consists of the artist intuitively, yet methodically, dabbing fluctuating pigments on raw canvas in a chorus of dynamic harmonies that crash, swirl, and dance across the surface. The luminous canvases draw inspiration from the natural landscapes surrounding the artist’s home in California. Through these abstracted scenes, O’Neil evokes both the cosmic and the everyday: the atmosphere of Los Angeles twilight, the spiraling geometry of shells, and the hypnotic formations of migrating starlings.

In an era saturated with digitally-mediated images, O’Neil’s work provides a lush visual respite, prompting the viewer to contemplate both the grandiosity and the spectacular minutiae of the natural world.

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Selected artworks

  • Gwen O'Neil,                                      A Glimmer in the Shade, 2024

    Gwen O'Neil A Glimmer in the Shade, 2024

    Acrylic and acrylic stains on canvas
    198.8 x 428 x 4.1 cm
    78 1/4 x 168 1/2 x 1 5/8 in

  • Gwen O'Neil,                                      Where Flowers Grow and The Sun Shone Still, 2024

    Gwen O'Neil Where Flowers Grow and The Sun Shone Still, 2024

    Acrylic and acrylic stains on canvas
    213.4 x 183.2 x 4.1 cm
    84 x 72 1/8 x 1 5/8 in

  • Gwen O'Neil,                                      Into The Afterglow, 2024

    Gwen O'Neil Into The Afterglow, 2024

    Acrylic and acrylic stains on canvas
    162.6 x 127 x 4.1 cm
    64 x 50 x 1 5/8 in

  • Gwen O'Neil,                                      Further to Fly, 2024

    Gwen O'Neil Further to Fly, 2024

    Acrylic and acrylic stains on canvas
    91.4 x 61 x 3.2 cm
    36 x 24 x 1 1/4 in

  • Gwen O'Neil,                                      Sun's Erupt, 2024

    Gwen O'Neil Sun's Erupt, 2024

     Acrylic and acrylic stains on canvas
    203.2 x 153 x 4.1 cm
    80 x 60 1/4 x 1 5/8 in

  • Gwen O'Neil,                                      In A Silent Way, 2023

    Gwen O'Neil In A Silent Way, 2023

    Acrylic on canvas
    213.4 x 182.9 x 3.2 cm
    84 x 72 x 1 1/4 in

  • Gwen O'Neil,                                      Over the Ridges and Through the Passes, 2024

    Gwen O'Neil Over the Ridges and Through the Passes, 2024

    Acrylic on canvas
    162.6 x 127 cm
    64 x 50 in

  • Gwen O'Neil,                                      Mountain Passage, 2024

    Gwen O'Neil Mountain Passage, 2024

    Acrylic on canvas
    152.4 x 198.1 cm
    60 x 78 in