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KEVIN O'NEILL'S MAZES

Mazes designed and hand drawn by Kevin O'Neill.
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The Maze Book - Vol 1

I have been fascinated by mazes for most of my life. I can recall spending hours constructing quite complicated, fairly sophisticated and horribly ugly mazes as a schoolboy in the late 50's and 60's.

The art fell into a dormant state in subsequent years and any mazes I did draw were based on basic, conventional principles. Then in the 80's I discovered the mazes of Greg Bright and Bernard Meyers and the extraordinary constructions of these two masters opened my eyes to a whole range of unimagined possibilities.

Initially I made little attempt to extend my own range, being content to adapt Bright's and Myers' forms. But after a few weeks or months I began developing some original forms and adding new ideas to theirs.

In particular I tried to add a new dimension to Bright's "Hole Maze" idea by adding colour, an attractive design and other visual ideas. I have also 'pinched' other techniques to which I have sometimes added ideas of my own - i.e. Myers' 'Patchwork Quilt' (maze 1 and 9)

Enjoy!
Kevin O'Neill

(Right-click on the thumbnails below and select "Save As..." - more to come soon - Elwood

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1	2	3a (Hole maze)	3b	3c	3d
3e	4	5a (Hole maze)	5b	5c	5d
5e	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22