The Viking Prince

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Great realistic docks and harbour scene John with terrific reflection. Nice work.

Posted by Jim Morris on Tue 18 May 12:10:12

Great composition and love your reflections John.

Posted by Chris Scott on Tue 18 May 12:13:17

Love this, fantastic.

Posted by Denise Cat on Tue 18 May 12:42:49

Thank you Jim, Chris and Denise, I really enjoyed painting this one from a sketch I made on the quayside on a very wet and windy day :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Tue 18 May 12:53:07

A stunner and I like your way of seeing things. Fabulous treatment of reflections

Posted by Heather Love on Tue 18 May 12:59:27

Thanks so much Heather! Ugly is the new pretty ;)

Posted by John O’Neill on Tue 18 May 13:00:53

Fabulous painting John 👌

Posted by Bari Marsh on Tue 18 May 14:02:23

Thank you so much Bari :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Tue 18 May 14:21:05

Very nice John, a great dock scene and very nicely painted.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Tue 18 May 14:50:23

Many thanks for the kind comment Dixie Dean :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Tue 18 May 15:15:54

Lovely work John and I like the muted colours

Posted by Frank Bingley on Tue 18 May 16:11:48

Fantastic work John! Love your treatment of the reflections in particular.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 18 May 16:45:47

Many thanks Fiona and Frank, I'm very glad you like this one :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Wed 19 May 07:26:20

It's a fine painting - I should ignore that criticism, "slight" or otherwise.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Wed 19 May 20:57:31

Stunning painting

Posted by Romila Datta on Wed 19 May 21:16:52

Beautiful! I love the way you handled the reflections!

Posted by Catherine Corfield on Wed 19 May 21:23:18

Catherine, Romila and Robert, can I thank you for your kind words of encouragement, they mean a lot to me :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Thu 20 May 06:24:29

Fabulous painting John, love your brushwork and the contrasting palette.

Posted by Helen Tarr on Thu 20 May 10:35:59

Wow !!! lovely painting. Can feel volume!!!

Posted by Bonny Mathew on Thu 20 May 11:14:51

Thank you Helen and thank you Bonny, alway so nice to hear such positive reactions :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Thu 20 May 11:29:29

I love the colours in this - the unusual shape of this particular boat really catches the eye. It must have been a difficult subject and you have really done it justice.

Posted by Bobbie Matulja on Thu 20 May 17:15:17

Hi Bobbie, thank you so much for taking the time to comment. There are so many of these tough little ships around Stavanger, they always catch my eye but if I'm honest I wanted an excuse to paint with such bright and vibrant colours as well as enjoy the composition :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Fri 21 May 06:46:50

Keep this style!

Posted by Regloh Eknim on Wed 26 May 20:11:37

Regloh, I will try :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Thu 27 May 05:48:23

So beautiful. I like the way you find beauty and interest in unusual subjects. Well done .

Posted by Elaine Nash on Tue 01 Jun 13:39:42

Thank you Elaine, I'm delighted that you like the painting :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Tue 01 Jun 15:38:25

Hang on Studio Wall

18/05/2021

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Often I get a slight criticism for showing things I find beautiful in Norway that aren't fjords, lakes, mountains or other items of natural beauty. I can only paint the things I see that say something to me otherwise we are just engaging in some naive chocolate box view of the world. The Viking Prince is a ship that brings supplies from Norway out to the oil platforms of the Norwegian sea. I rather liked the colours and shape, so now it's on a canvas 60 x 60 cm.

About the Artist

John O’Neill

Born in Belfast in 1966 and a lifelong painter. A resident of Stavanger Norway between 2018 and 2021 with a UK base near Reading England and in Aberdeen, Scotland. Most recent work is Scottish landscape, urban scenes and contemporary Norwegian landscape, often working in oils or gouache, line &…

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