Danny O'Connor United Kingdom, 1981

Danny O’Connor is a British mixed media portrait and figurative painter based in Liverpool, known for large‑scale, contrast‑driven portraits that blend graphic precision with expressive mark making, represented by Eclectic Gallery in Fitzrovia, London.

O’Connor studied Graphic Arts at Liverpool John Moores University’s School of Art and Design, where he began to develop the graphic language and contrast focused approach that defines his work. Working from Liverpool, he has built a full-time practice as a contemporary portrait artist, growing a substantial online audience and placing work with private patrons over more than a decade of studio production.

O’Connor works primarily in acrylic and mixed media on canvas, combining spray paint, correction fluid, ink, paint markers, graphite, texture paste, collage, gloss, and emulsion to build layered mixed media portrait paintings. His compositions centre on portraits and figures, mixing natural flowing lines with hard diagonals, crisp blocks of colour with dripped and splashed paint surfaces, and digitally inspired graphic elements rendered by hand. Alongside studio paintings, O’Connor has produced large‑scale mural work that carries his mixed media portrait language into public and interior spaces. Influences from comics, illustration, tattoo art and graffiti intersect with references to Abstract Expressionism, Cubism, Futurism, Modernism and Constructivism, giving his contemporary figurative art a recognisable high impact visual language that appeals to collectors looking for bold, large-scale portrait works by a contemporary British artist.

“My work is a celebration of contrasts focusing mainly on portraits and figures and opposing aesthetics and influences are prevalent.” 

O’Connor’s mixed media portraits have become a regular presence within Eclectic Gallery’s programme, appearing across solo and curated exhibitions in Fitzrovia and at partner venues in London. His work has featured in focused presentations of figurative painting, mixed exhibitions that pair his portraits with sculpture and landscape, and live events from Fresh Art Fair to Soul of Nature at Treehouse Hotel London and the upcoming Awakened Dreams solo exhibition at Nobu Hotel London Portman Square. Beyond the gallery programme, his paintings have been presented at major international art fairs and cultural venues including BMW World Munich, the LA Art Show, Selfridges London, Palm Beach Art & Antique Fair, Moniker Art Fair, Fresh Art Fair, and the Affordable Art Fairs in New York, Battersea and Hampstead.

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His paintings have entered private collections worldwide and have been commissioned for bespoke projects by clients such as Hard Rock Hotel, Ellesse, Dirty Martini, Yum Cha and Everton FC, as well as New York Times bestselling authors Colleen Hoover (Confess and its TV adaptation) and Tarryn Fisher (Mud Vein and a sold‑out limited print edition), and V Starr Interiors, the design studio founded by Venus Williams. Charity and limited-edition projects sit alongside auction activity, including work for Art on a Postcard (a UK charity print initiative supporting the Hepatitis C Trust). Selected works have also appeared in Urban & Contemporary Art sales at Tate Ward Auctions, signalling established collector demand beyond the gallery and placing O’Connor’s paintings within the secondary market.

Danny O’Connor’s work is represented by Eclectic Gallery, a contemporary art gallery located in Fitzrovia, London, showcasing established and emerging artists from around the world. Original works by Danny O’Connor are available to view and purchase. Contact Eclectic Gallery to arrange a private viewing.