Rosenberg Shipyard, Stavanger

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very nice work

Posted by Brian Collins on Sun 16 May 10:16:37

Much obliged Brian Collins :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Sun 16 May 10:19:41

Love the way you have treated your subject John. A busy Island of almost tangled machinery brought to life.

Posted by Chris Scott on Sun 16 May 10:47:44

Wonderful reflections of a tangled scene.

Posted by Stephen Kelly on Sun 16 May 11:19:51

Love the way you have painted and simplified all the information of the subject John, super!

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Sun 16 May 11:40:40

As you rightly said, there is a good side and the bad side of town, city or the countryside. Most artists avoid the ugly. I like this work for its frankness and stark beauty.

Posted by Sunil Mehta on Sun 16 May 11:41:42

Wonderful painting, I like everything about this - composition, colour, reflection, shapes etc etc!

Posted by Heather Love on Sun 16 May 13:45:52

Wonderful painting.

Posted by Denise Cat on Sun 16 May 15:07:00

Terrific depiction of port industry. Love it.

Posted by Willie Drea on Sun 16 May 15:09:27

Chris, Stephen, Fiona, Sunil, Heather, Denise and Willie... thank you all very much for taking the time to write your thoughts on this painting. It's always pleasing and interesting to find out how others perceive a thing I am probably to closely attached to :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Sun 16 May 15:52:47

Hang on Studio Wall

16/05/2021

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Not everywhere in Norway is fjords, mountains and lakes. Here in southwest Norway the oil and gas industry has a presence that can't be denied so it seemed important to show that side warts n all. This painting shows the rusting, industrial scene at Rosenburg ship refurbishment yard as seen from the oil and gas museum in Skagen, Stavanger. Sketches were made from the quayside and the painting executed in the studio.

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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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