Belfast on the Night I Kissed My Father Goodbye

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Beautiful and heartbreaking John. What a gift your Dad gave you. Belfast looks beautiful.

Posted by Sarah Crouch on Thu 29 Jun 12:29:09

Lovely story John and well done for illustrating the memory in paint.

Posted by Jim Morris on Thu 29 Jun 12:33:30

Super painting John, with a lovely sentiment. Well done you.

Posted by Tessa Gwynne on Thu 29 Jun 13:15:20

What wonderful words and what a gift your father gave you, superb painting.

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 29 Jun 13:22:02

Superb painting John, full of meaning.

Posted by Stephen Hulse on Thu 29 Jun 13:45:13

This is lovely - full of hope for the future, and hopefully healing for you.

Posted by Bobbie Matulja on Thu 29 Jun 16:25:49

A very touching and heartfelt painting John that evokes moments of your past so well.

Posted by Chris Scott on Thu 29 Jun 17:48:20

Such sadness in this evening painting John. A fine painting of Belfast.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Thu 29 Jun 18:59:49

A heartfelt painting painted with love.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Thu 29 Jun 20:20:32

Painted with light and life. A lovely work. I have recently been to Belfast and I felt an optimism there which your painting reflects

Posted by Martin S Taylor on Fri 30 Jun 06:57:17

My goodness, I'd no idea people had written anything. Thanks everyone, your words are all so kind and greatly appreciated :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Thu 06 Jul 08:15:49

Hang on Studio Wall

29/06/2023

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I had to paint this. Please don’t worry- I’m absolutely fine, I’m doing what I think artists are supposed to do, reflect their experiences and the things around them in the best way they know how. My Dad took us away from a violent and hectic Belfast as children and drew us to a happier and safer place at the end of his life. The evening he passed I felt, for the first time the life, light, colour, humour and optimism of his beloved city. In the blink of an eye Belfast became home again.

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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