Caroline O'Neal
Born in
Self-taught Artist-Painter / Illustrator, I have been fascinated by the fantastic
and the imaginary since childhood.
Whether in painting or for illustrations, my
art is figurative, inspired by mythical characters (Greek mythology), fairy
tales and various legends (I especially love fairies, princesses, mermaids,
witches, vampires and other little monsters) on a background of nature (flora
and fauna). I also love very much
humoristic drawings.
My technique is :
· oil painting on canvas,
· drawing (ink, colour pencils and écolines on
paper),
· both techniques with the addition of various
inclusions of metallic powders, glimmer, synthetic stones, shells, dried
seaweed, tissue flowers, feathers, sand, gilt crabs, starfish, etc...
My pictures are very detailed, and requires from 40 to 165 hours of work
each.
I admire painters such as : A.
MUCHA, J. DELVILLE, G. KLIMT, J.W. WATERHOUSE, E. BURNE-JONES, M. KLINGER, L.
LEVY-DHURMER, C. SCHWAB, G. MOREAU, G. DE FEURE, A. BEARDSLEY as well as
many other artists from the Pre-Raphaelite,
Symbolist or Art Nouveau schools of art.
In the Heroic-Fantasy style,
my favourites are : G.BROM, F.FRAZETTA, L. ROYO et Victoria
FRANCES.
In another category I also love very much : S. BOTICELLI,
From the illustrators side (of all periods) I love very much : Beatrix POTTER, Cicely Mary BARKER, A.
RACKHAM, E. DULAC, G. DORE, Jon J. MUTH, F. FERNANDEZ, Brian FROUD, KORKY PAUL,
Capucine MAZILLES, Steve COX, GRIS GRIMLY … as
well as many others, but the list would be too long …
I also admire many illustrators of cartoons ! ;o)
In addition to the painting, in my moments of
leisure, I also do:
· restoration (gilding, upholstery, colouring,...) of antique furniture and
frames,
· interior decoration, painting, gilding, mosaic
(bathrooms), small restorations, etc...
· design and sewing of decorative flower-shaped cushions, with beaded stamen.
Since 1987 I have also done several
illustrations on command for publicity, brochure covers, and various others.
Languages
Fluent : French,
English and Greek.
Good : Spanish
and Danish.
Manages/understands : German and Italian.
EXHIBITIONS :
· January 1994 first
individual exhibition in gallery "LA
PRIMAIRE". (
· 15-17 November 1994 collective exhibition on the occasion of the 10 years of the
Hellenic Association of Geneva in the SALLE
POLYVALENTE DES CHARMETTES (GENEVA/CAROUGE).
· March 1996 (March 6 to 24) individual exhibition in
gallery "LA VERRIERE DU JARDIN
ALPIN" (
· August 1996 (July 29 to August 18) individual exhibition in
the gallery "
· November 1996 (November 14 to 21) collective exhibition on
the occasion of the cultural week
"From Ancient
· February 1997 (February 1 to 27) individual exhibition in
gallery "DES MOUETTES" (
· May 1997 (May 6 to 21) collective exhibition "COULEURS PRINTEMPS" in gallery "VILL'ART MAGNA" (VILLE-LA-GRAND/FRANCE).
· January 1998 (December 30 to January 11) collective
exhibition "LUMIERES D'HIVER" in gallery "VILL'ART MAGNA" (VILLE-LA-GRAND/FRANCE).
· August 2006 – June 2007 collective exhibition with "Skolekunstforeningen Midt-Vest"
in several schools in the mid-west of
CAFE EXHIBITIONS :
· September - december 1996, exhibition in Mövenpick Cendrier (Geneva/Switzerland).
· September 2000 (14. august – 24. september), exhibition in Cafe Aroma (Copenhagen/Denmark).
· December 2000 – january 2001, exhibition in Café Sorte Hest (Copenhagen/Denmark).
· July 2001, exhibition in Café Dolce Vita (COPENHAGEN/DENMARK).
· July 2001-September 2004, exhibition in Café au Lait (COPENHAGEN/DENMARK).
· September 2001, exhibition in Café Piccolo (COPENHAGEN/DENMARK).
· July – September 2003, exhibition in Bar Dutski (COPENHAGEN/DENMARK).
ADDRESS :
illustrator@carolineoneal.com
Caroline O’Neal
Hortensiavej 10,2.
DK-1857