Don O'Neill

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Don O'Neill
Born 1924
Buffalo, New York
Died June 27, 2007
Riverside, California
Nationality American
Known for Watercolors
Awards 2005 Elizabeth Callan Award
2007 Elizabeth Callan Award
Website http://www.dononeill.com/

Don O'Neill (1924–2007) was a United States watercolor artist most noted for his depictions of historic downtown Riverside, California. An architect by trade, he began painting in the 1960s, and eventually became Riverside's premier watercolorist.[1] O'Neill became the first resident of Southern California's Inland Empire to be accepted into the American Watercolor Society.

Don O'Neill, Mission Inn Towers. Watercolor, Riverside, California.

Biography

Don O'Neill was born in 1924 in Buffalo, New York. He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Catholic University of America in Washington, DC in 1953, and was a practicing architect working in the Washington, DC and Riverside, California areas of the United States.

After retiring from architecture, O'Neill took up watercolor painting more seriously. He was taken on as a pupil of Milford Zornes, and eventually became a signature member of Watercolor West, the National Watercolor Society, and the American Watercolor Society,[2] and was the first Inland Empire resident to ever be accepted into the American Watercolor Society.

O'Neill died of pancreatic cancer in 2007 at the age of 83.

Recognition[3]

Don O'Neill, Through Cypress. Watercolor, Riverside, California.

See also

Don O'Neill, Fox Theatre. Watercolor, Riverside, California.

References

  1. Muckenfuss, Mark (May 25, 2007), "Pre-eminent artist Don O'Neill captures Riverside in watercolors", The Press-Enterprise (Riverside, California: The Press-Enterprise Co.), retrieved 2010-03-06
  2. Artists of Southern California, The Fine Art Catalogue, Volume I. Mountain Productions of Texas, Inc., 1989. Page 78.
  3. DonONeill.Com official web site.

External links

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