Which tools did you use for the creation of this piece?
Pencil and wax pastel on paper.
Any process or gambit that gets you working is as good as any other… Ambiguity dots the road to transcendence.
What was the creative process behind it, from the beginning until it was finished?
I have a routine of drawing when I first arrive at the studio, a way to get started, a transition before painting. Sometimes pieces come out of this, sometimes not.
What were your references, influences or inspirations during your creative process?
Urgency and chance.
What was the hardest thing for you and how did you solve it?
Nothing to solve. Pieces either work or they don’t.
Joseph O’Neal paints non-objective imagery in conjunction with words, names, and dates to prompt an ambiguous field of opportunities.