Daniel P. O'Neill is an archaeological interpretation specialist, museum artist and one of Europe's leading museum modelmakers. His work can be seen in many European institutions, and private collections worldwide.
An industrial design graduate from the Kent Institute of Art and Design (University of Kent, England),
Daniel O'Neill has been an artist/designer/modelmaker for 20 years, with more than half that time in the museum design field. Based in London and Dublin, he worked initially for the Irish department of antiquities, and then for other European Union departments engaged in designing and building heritage centres.
Much of O'Neill's current work is in architecture. He enjoys recreating the architectural process in miniature and his experience in that area ranges from medieval buildings to modern office structures. Model ship commissions are also regularly undertaken. His marine models and sculptures have been sold at Christies fine art auctions in New York and can be found in many US private collections.
He has undertaken design/model work for television and film companies, museum and exhibition design firms and architectural practices large and small. His clients include the BBC, Ove Arup, Event Communications (Europe's largest museum design group)The Royal College Of Art and the British Museum. He is also one of the few artists able to list Saddam Hussein as a client (though not currently!!) A full list of clients is available on request.
O'Neill's techniques are the result of art school training and years of experience. This generates a lifelike quality sadly missing in many 'modern' models that suffer from a sterile, over technical approach. This is most apparent in his shipwreck models. The movement of water is extremely well conveyed through the use of sculpted porcelain clay.
The pictures on these pages are a very small proportion of his work.
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Please view the other pages of this website for more examples of work in various disciplines.
To see a slideshow of recent work go to,
http://photoshow.comcast.net/oneill.d/artwork To contact Dan O'Neill. oneildg@iol.ie
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