The Myth of Frankenstein
“I was struck dumb when I first saw Patricia Terrell O’Neal’s “The Myth of Frankenstein.” For me, these paintings did what great art should always do, shocked me into a recognition of a dazzling pain so pure as to become exquisite. Painting nowadays is not supposed to be plainly narrative, but I experienced this body of work as a gorgeous abstraction, not of image but of emotion, a geometry not of text, but of subtext. They reminded me of Goya. These paintings let me hear the lonely howl of these monsters, the creator and the created with his exploded soul, and to really see what is most buried and hidden, not in them, but in me.”
—Laurie Frank, owner and curator of Frank Pictures Gallery, Santa Monica
2004, The Myth of Frankenstein series, in progress, at Chateau St. Philippe studio, in France.
The Creature, 2008. Oil on hand prepared linen canvas attached to panel, 50 x 47 in.
In Private Collection
Alone, 2002. Oil on linen canvas, 21 x 12 in.
Captain Walton: The Narrator, 2006. Oil on linen canvas, 32 x 30 in.
Doctor Frankenstein and His Shadow, 2006. Oil on linen canvas, 35.5 x 39.75 in.
Kiss I, 2003-05. Oil on linen canvas attached to panel, 56 x 47.5 in.
Kiss II, 2004. Oil on linen canvas attached to panel, 52 x 40 in.
The Dance, 2002-06. Oil on linen canvas, 56 x 47.5 in.
The Love of Thorns, 2006-10. Oil on panel, 36 x 28 in.
The Wedding, 2004-07. Oil on linen canvas attached to panel, 42 x 63.5 in.
In Private Collection
The Waltz, 2001-06. Oil on linen canvas, 85.5 x 61.5 x in.
Victor Frankenstein and the Ghost of His Mother, 2005. Oil on linen canvas, 45.5 x 64 in.
Cursed, 2004-05. Oil on linen canvas, 67 x 45.5 in.
A Copy of Frankenstein (a study), 2005. Oil on linen canvas, 17 x 17 in.
The Monster's Nightmare, 2003. Oil on panel, 42 x 41 in.
Justine and William, 2001-06. Oil on canvas, 54.5 x 42 in.
Little William, Running (study), 2002. Oil on linen canvas, 16 x 12 in.
In Private Collection
Justine in Jail, 2005-06. Oil on linen canvas, 60 x 41.5 in.
The Judgement, 2001-03. Oil on canvas attached to panel, 56 x 52 in.
The Hanging, 2002-05. Oil on linen canvas attached to panel, 55 x 84 in.
The Revenge, 2004. Oil on linen canvas, 30.5 x 45.5 in.
Henry and Justine, 2001-06. Oil on linen canvas attached to panel, 45 x 53 in.
(Postscript) He Takes a Wife, Oil on linen, 96 × 36 in.
(Postscript) The Monster’s Family in Brazil, Oil on linen, 40 × 96 in.