Katie O’Neill’s Studio Opens this Week

Will Rogers famous ranch house was painted by Katie O’Neill and burned in the Palisades Fire. Some prints are available.

Artist Katie O’Neill, who captured the beauty of Pacific Palisades, the surrounding mountains and coastline, lost her store on Antioch and her apartment in the January 7 fire Palisades Fire.

This weekend, she will open at 1819 Stanford – across the street from Little Dolphins Preschool and few blocks west of New Roads school.

Former students will come in on Friday and Saturday to paint. “It will give me an idea of what I still need to replace,” O’Neill said. “I had collected so much over 30 years of painting and teaching. Still life props, tools, drawing boards etc.

“I’m grateful to a former teaching assistant of mine, Jessica Begum, for subletting her floral studio to me to give me an opportunity to figure out my next steps and to be able to see my students,” said O’Neill, who will be in the space until the end of January 2026.

Today, May 12, she finished new art benches her brother Hugh made for her. “Now I’m going to get out the Allen wrench and finish putting together the last of the easels,” she said.

O’Neill is also starting an art book registry if anyone would like to contribute. “I lost 30 years’ worth of art books – some of which are impossible to replace,” she said. “Used, well-worn books are more than welcome as long as the prints are still good to paint from. And people don’t need to order from amazon – Thriftbooks.com has a great selection of used books.” https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/2DJGGBDRMR7VG

In an earlier story for CTN, she shared exquisite paintings of Will Rogers State Historic Park—one features the “tunnel” of eucalyptus trees that leads to the horse barns. “They are not replanting these trees because they are non-native,” O’Neill said, so she has preserved some important visual history.

“I am eternally grateful for Will Rogers and his heirs for donating this land,” she said, noting that much of her art has Will Rogers in the title.

She also captured the former St. Matthew’s Church sanctuary, prior to 1978, when it burned down during the fire that swept from Brentwood along the edge of Pacific Palisades.

O’Neill has also painted numerous lifeguard towers at Will Rogers State Beach.

“After it rains, I will run down to the bluffs,” O’Neill said, noting she takes numerous photographs of the area and brings them back to help her create the painting. “I get all the pieces — it’s like problem solving — and I put them together.”

“It brings joys to look at all the vistas and views,” O’Neill said.

Go to her site click here.and one can see she singlehandedly captured the town and its buildings before they were destroyed in the fire.

She was asked about her prints—because O’Neill has painted all aspects of the beauty of the Palisades. “I have been selling some prints on demand for the last couple of months as I’ve been settling into my new apartment,” the artist said. “Right now, my printer’s printer needs a new printer head so those are on hold for at least a week. I’ll have some in-stock prints available at the new studio.”  Email: katieoneillart@yahoo.com