ARTIST STATEMENT.

Dublin painter Roger O'Neill's semi representational

paintings form “ almost landscapes” where geometric forms

and shapes are presented, reformed and combined with

constructed objects. Assembled and welded from materials

directly sourced from Dublin City, which have been collected,

stored and archived.

Referencing Abstract Expressionism, the physical nature of the

painted works responds to long contemplative research.

Each individual work takes on and physically presents the action

of construction within its own self.

Roger is currently working on new body of work and is scheduled to be exhibit in late 2023

Aidan Dunne.

Irish Times

Art review:  Ramp – Roger O’Neill   

The Complex

★★★★

Tue, Mar 8, 2016, 06:00 Updated: Tue, Mar 8, 2016, 10:46

O’Neill’s mixed-media works in Ramp are not directly representational, but they suggest an interest in the immediate, urban terrain, from inner-city locations and communities to vacant sites and the city’s coastal fringe, opening out on to Dublin Bay. There is a restless, mutable, bricolage quality to the richly textured compositions, an acceptance that change and the necessity for improvisation are non- negotiable.

O’Neill favours gritty textures with occasional bursts of unexpected radiance and calm. The works are a good reflection of urban life and, you could say, creative life in the inner city.