The House on Wall Lane Silchester

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Love the style and textures.

Posted by Carole Swingler on Mon 17 May 09:46:38

Fantastic John, love the style, the application.....love everything about it really.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 17 May 10:03:50

Super John, love your use of paint and level of abstraction

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 17 May 10:07:57

Thank you Heather, Fiona and Carole for your very kind comments :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Mon 17 May 15:01:04

I love the way you have painted it. Gives a feeling of many ghosts and other beings living in it.

Posted by Sunil Mehta on Tue 18 May 15:51:59

Hi Sunhil, so many people mention a similar 'ghost' feeling, I am kinda pleased about that because the house has a bit of a spooky feel to it. :)

Posted by John O’Neill on Wed 19 May 07:24:19

Hang on Studio Wall

17/05/2021

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In the pretty English village of Silchester there is an old Roman wall, very popular for walks and deeply atmospheric , one of the most interesting parts for me, isn't Roman at all, it's this amazing, gothic feeling Victorian house, it always grabs my attention and I've painted it twice now in very different ways, here is my first painting. It's a 60 x 60 cm oil on board.

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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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