Comments on: Mariah ONeill

By: Erik Johnson

Erik Johnson — Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:52:17 +0000

Mariah is one of my favorite artists among those I have discovered on Facebook or Flickr. She is amazingly perceptive visually and psychologically, and often produces the most compelling portraits. She appears to have sprung fully formed from nowhere; her earlier still lives and horse drawings and paintings are wonderfully accomplished. An extremely sensitive and kind artist. I don’t know how I missed this article when it was written last year.

By: Steve Huison

Steve Huison — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:29:47 +0000

Mariah is one of the reasons why I draw and paint most days. Her constant and steady flow of works by unknown artists (or unknown to me at least) on Facebook as nourished my appetite for painting and educated my understanding of technique, light, colour and history. She is one of the most truly beautiful human beings I have had the privilege to know and am proud to have some of her works hanging on my wall at home here in England. Thank you Mariah for being in my life.

By: Clyde Semler

Clyde Semler — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 13:29:45 +0000

I met Mariah on Flickr over ten years ago. At that time she was posting her portrait drawings in JKPP, Julia Kay’s Portrait Party. Her portraits always shined with robustness and authority. Her craft and intensity always amazed me. I am happy to have a pencil portrait of me which Mariah so generously sent me. In more recent times Mariah has been searching for and posting artists’ works which have pretty much fallen out of the spotlight or, indeed, have never even been seen before online. Her findings inspire us daily and help us get our minds attuned to the beauty which can surround us if we take the time to look for it. Maria is kind, gentle, generous, self-effacing to a fault, open hearted and a unique and gifted artist. I am proud and happy to have her as a friend.

By: Calvin S. Moore

Calvin S. Moore — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 18:19:39 +0000

Mariah is so good, and so humble. She has a seriously good eye for art as demonstrated by her Facebook posts of famous and not so famous artists’ works, and her infrequent posts of her own equisite work. Brava!

By: Michael Kent

Michael Kent — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 01:48:40 +0000

A well-deserved tribute to a most sensitive, talented artist. Just like a good writer must read like a fiend, a good visual artist must soak in and digest the greats and few fit that category better than Rembrandt and indeed Van Gogh. Thank you for shining the spotlight on Mariah.