Jimmy O'Neal American, b. 1967
“The mirrored paintings may play tricks with the eyes and, consequently, the mind. However, they never come across as tricksy. Instead, they amount to a theater of the mind, a latter-day reinvention of the Renaissance’s theatrum mundi or 'theater of the world'.”
- Dr. David Anfam
Jimmy O’Neal, a classically trained painter, continually explores and expands the physical and metaphorical capabilities of the medium. Through his work he creates experiences that call forth the universal impulses of the human condition that exist underneath the surface of our consciousness. He strives to represent the unseen visual poetry of the frequencies that surround and interact with our senses. His interest in physics, science, and biology led him to develop such technological innovations as mirrored paint, which is used in the creation of large-scale paintings that are intended to envelop the viewer. He further examines science and the body in such artworks as “brain machine,” a device that produces paintings generated from the artist's EEG readings in response to external stimuli.
