Barbara McLean, Peer Gallery
Barbara is having the opening exhibit of the Peer Gallery season: “Describing Landscape”
In this exhibition Barbara responds to landscape, describing it rather than representing it. All the paintings are oil on canvas. Most are large, abstract, and rendered with bold brush stokes. Strong compositions and areas of intense colour compliment the brushwork and create an over all impression of strength and optimism. (Click to view Barbara's Gallery).
Opening,
Saturday, May 2, noon – 5pm
Artist's talk, Sunday, May 10, 3pm
April 30 - May 14
Gallery hours for this exhibit: noon - 5pm
Barbara McLean holds a BFA from NSCAD University and a certificate of graphic design from Sheridan College. Although Barbara’s work is becoming increasingly abstract, nature and natural environments remain at the heart of her practise. Over the four years Barbara has been with Peer Gallery her canvases have grown in scale and intensified in colour. She uses bold strokes to create powerful compositions that evoke a sense of energy and growth. Flat areas of colour are punctuated by pattern and line hinting at natural subject matter but even more, speaking of a love of mark-making and the process of painting itself. Indeed, paint and paint application may be the true subject of the works.
Barbara, along with three other Peer artists, is featured in the publication of Landscape Painters of Nova Scotia scheduled for launch by Fox Hollow, printed by Nimbus Press, October, 2009. She is also the Visual Arts Representative for South Shore Nova Scotia.
Solo Exhibitions in 2009:
April 30 - May 14: Describing Landscape, Peer
Gallery, Lunenburg
September 2 - 29: Passages, Craig Gallery, Alderney
Landing, Dartmouth.