Original Painting by Hollie O’Neill
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Pigment soaked cotton canvas
Framed in black float frame
Dimensions: 800×1200mm

Veil-Fields continues Hollie O’Neill’s exploration of colour and light, shifting her focus to the absorbent intimacy of cotton canvases. Through a soak-stain approach, she applies delicate veils of diluted pigment, using her brush to guide the paint as it merges and flows across the surface, creating luminous effects that respond to both material and movement. The process balances intention and intuition, producing surfaces where colour appears to breathe and shimmer within the fabric itself.

These paintings evoke atmospheric depth and shifting light, capturing the ephemeral interplay of colour and illumination. Inspired by the skies at sunrise and sunset, each composition radiates the subtle glow of sunlight glare or the fleeting hues of twilight afterglow. The works are gently layered, luminous expanses of colour that float across the canvas like veils of light, encouraging the viewer to linger and experience shifting atmospheric effects, inviting repeated, slow looking to discover new subtleties with each moment of observation.

Original Painting by Hollie O’Neill
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Pigment soaked cotton canvas
Framed in black float frame
Dimensions: 200×300mm

Veil-Fields continues Hollie O’Neill’s exploration of colour and light, shifting her focus to the absorbent intimacy of cotton canvases. Through a soak-stain approach, she applies delicate veils of diluted pigment, using her brush to guide the paint as it merges and flows across the surface, creating luminous effects that respond to both material and movement. The process balances intention and intuition, producing surfaces where colour appears to breathe and shimmer within the fabric itself.

These paintings evoke atmospheric depth and shifting light, capturing the ephemeral interplay of colour and illumination. Inspired by the skies at sunrise and sunset, each composition radiates the subtle glow of sunlight glare or the fleeting hues of twilight afterglow. The works are gently layered, luminous expanses of colour that float across the canvas like veils of light, encouraging the viewer to linger and experience shifting atmospheric effects, inviting repeated, slow looking to discover new subtleties with each moment of observation.

Original Painting by Hollie O’Neill
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Pigment soaked cotton canvas
Framed in black float frame
Dimensions: 200×300mm

Veil-Fields continues Hollie O’Neill’s exploration of colour and light, shifting her focus to the absorbent intimacy of cotton canvases. Through a soak-stain approach, she applies delicate veils of diluted pigment, using her brush to guide the paint as it merges and flows across the surface, creating luminous effects that respond to both material and movement. The process balances intention and intuition, producing surfaces where colour appears to breathe and shimmer within the fabric itself.

These paintings evoke atmospheric depth and shifting light, capturing the ephemeral interplay of colour and illumination. Inspired by the skies at sunrise and sunset, each composition radiates the subtle glow of sunlight glare or the fleeting hues of twilight afterglow. The works are gently layered, luminous expanses of colour that float across the canvas like veils of light, encouraging the viewer to linger and experience shifting atmospheric effects, inviting repeated, slow looking to discover new subtleties with each moment of observation.

Original Painting by Hollie O’Neill
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Pigment soaked cotton canvas
Framed in black float frame
Dimensions: 200×300mm

Veil-Fields continues Hollie O’Neill’s exploration of colour and light, shifting her focus to the absorbent intimacy of cotton canvases. Through a soak-stain approach, she applies delicate veils of diluted pigment, using her brush to guide the paint as it merges and flows across the surface, creating luminous effects that respond to both material and movement. The process balances intention and intuition, producing surfaces where colour appears to breathe and shimmer within the fabric itself.

These paintings evoke atmospheric depth and shifting light, capturing the ephemeral interplay of colour and illumination. Inspired by the skies at sunrise and sunset, each composition radiates the subtle glow of sunlight glare or the fleeting hues of twilight afterglow. The works are gently layered, luminous expanses of colour that float across the canvas like veils of light, encouraging the viewer to linger and experience shifting atmospheric effects, inviting repeated, slow looking to discover new subtleties with each moment of observation.

Original Mixed Media Painting by Hollie O’Neill
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

1000 mm, pigments and epoxy polymer on mirror
Solar Seduction Series

‘Solar Seduction’ is a luminous exploration of light, colour, and form - an ongoing dialogue between stillness and movement, intention and spontaneity. Created on mirrored or aluminium surfaces using pigments and fluid epoxy polymer, each circular work reflects moments of quiet connection with the vast sky and the natural world.

Through vibrant, layered colour, O’Neill captures the shifting beauty of space and the ephemeral interplay of reflection and depth. Guided by refined Minimalist and Formalist principles, the works invite the viewer to pause, contemplate, and reconnect.

Each piece emerges through an instinctive, hands-on process. Pigments are blended with epoxy polymer and poured onto mirrored glass in flowing layers, their movement guided by brush. As each layer settles, light begins to interact with the surface, creating a living field of movement and luminosity.

In this convergence, energy, form, light, and colour unite in imperfect symmetry, revealing beauty in its most essential state.

​Hollie O’Neill is an Auckland-based artist known for her work in abstract minimalism and surrealism. Her practice explores themes of luminosity, colour, and emotional resonance across two distinct bodies of work.

Driven to explore what lies beneath the surface of reality—seeking meaning in the unseen and the intangible—O’Neill’s abstract minimalist works, including series such as Solar Verticals, Solar Seduction, and Colour Illuminations, feature vibrant colour palettes applied to aluminium and mirrored substrates. Using pigments mixed with epoxy polymer, she creates luminous, layered compositions that capture the ephemeral qualities of light and space. In 2008, she became one of the first New Zealand artists to use resin (epoxy polymer) as a fine art medium, pioneering a new material approach that has since influenced a generation of contemporary artists.

In contrast, her surrealist style is showcased in her NZ Animal Collection, where she paints native animals that feel both familiar and nostalgic, revealing their spiritual presence and symbolic power. These works invite reflection on the deeper connections between the natural and the unseen, offering a contemplative and emotionally resonant view of New Zealand’s wildlife.

A full-time artist since 2002, Hollie holds formal qualifications in fine art, design, and teaching. Her background in education has shaped her artistic journey, including roles in teaching and directing art programs. Today, she paints full-time from her East Auckland studio.

Original Mixed Media Painting by Hollie O’Neill

Mixed Media using Pigments & Epoxy Polymer on Mirror
Each panel is 150x1350mm (Set of 3)
Solar Verticals Series

‘Freedom's Dance’ reflects moments of quiet connection with the rising sun—where emotion and light meet. Through vibrant, fluid colour on mirrored glass, I explore the coexistence of stillness and movement. Guided by both intention and spontaneity, each work seeks to evoke feeling rather than depict form. These paintings invite you to pause, reflect, and experience the warmth and freedom found in shifting light.

Hollie O’Neill - Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

​Hollie O’Neill is an Auckland-based artist known for her work in abstract minimalism and surrealism. Her practice explores themes of luminosity, colour, and emotional resonance across two distinct bodies of work.

Driven to explore what lies beneath the surface of reality—seeking meaning in the unseen and the intangible—O’Neill’s abstract minimalist works, including series such as Solar Verticals, Solar Seduction, and Colour Illuminations, feature vibrant colour palettes applied to aluminium and mirrored substrates. Using pigments mixed with epoxy polymer, she creates luminous, layered compositions that capture the ephemeral qualities of light and space. In 2008, she became one of the first New Zealand artists to use resin (epoxy polymer) as a fine art medium, pioneering a new material approach that has since influenced a generation of contemporary artists.

In contrast, her surrealist style is showcased in her NZ Animal Collection, where she paints native animals that feel both familiar and nostalgic, revealing their spiritual presence and symbolic power. These works invite reflection on the deeper connections between the natural and the unseen, offering a contemplative and emotionally resonant view of New Zealand’s wildlife.

A full-time artist since 2002, Hollie holds formal qualifications in fine art, design, and teaching. Her background in education has shaped her artistic journey, including roles in teaching and directing art programs. Today, she paints full-time from her East Auckland studio.