Danny O'Connor

Danny O'Connor
 Abstract Artist

Danny O'Connor lives and works in Liverpool, Uk. He studied graphic arts at Liverpool John Moores Art School. His work in very focused on the theme 'contrasts' and mainly only on portraits and figures. His inspiration comes from a diverse amount of sources such as comics, illustration, tattoo art and even graffiti to abstract expression. Contrasts play a massive role in Danny's work as its probably the most resounding feature throughout his work that we can see. From his work we can instantly see repetitive techniques he enjoys using such as the use of natural flowing lines over and though his work with harsh diagonals to create an edge to the repetitiveness. He is also keen on using clean patches of bold colour surrounded with layered messy splashes of paint, which makes his work very easy to distinguish from other artists.

 He takes something as simple as a portrait or a figure of a body and changes a traditional image into something a lot  more modern and even slightly futuristic in my view.

Danny states he uses layers upon layers of paint in his work to give it a greater depth of field. My journey of discovery into his work on the internet, allowed me to discover some of his unusual media combinations such as correction fluid, paint markers, charcoal, graphite + oil sticks...All of which were inclusively applied by bizarre stencils such as “sticks, splash, his figures, paper/cardboard to drip...”

The use of these unique forms of creating art interests me to further develop my own ideas and possibly adapting his work on portraits to backgrounds of my own portraits. The most inspiring thing about his work is its so individual and personally fun to try and interpret as I very much enjoy the messy theme of his work. He uses an abundance of white in his work to make the colours used stand out in comparison, and in addition this way his portraits blend in with the background.

For me personally, abstraction indicates a departure from reality to an illusion of visible reality.. A departure from accurate representation to a slight partial representation. Danny O'Connor is one of my favourite abstract artists not only with the form of colour used or the shape and form of his work but the use of lines to create composition

Danny O'Connor is one of the most common abstract artists, I find his work very interesting to observe and then able to incorporate into my own work.