Paul McCarthy

Spring Breeze

2021

David Kroll Vase and Nest, 2011 oil on linen 32" x 28" Artist David Kroll is known for his finely crafted paintings—precise still lives and exquisite landscapes that allude to bot...

A Fete For Spring, oil on linen, 22 x 28 inches (Framed size: 28 x 34 inches), $4,500 Simone Simonian studied under the enigmatic and formidable Alvin Gittins at the prime of his ca...

In "Outpost", Jacobsen’s new body of work records scenes from a year when societal boundaries where crossed and personal dreams set into motion. The paintings in this exhibition continue and expand on the ideas of Jacobsen’s 2014 exhibition, “Lean-to,” which featured artworks that invited viewers to contemplate still-life images of interiors from the artist’s domestic spaces and black and white arrangements from the artist’s workspace. While seemingly traditional still lives, the works served as the artist’s subtle critique of industrialized society. The content and technique speak to Jacobsen’s attempt to insulate himself from this very type of industrial environment and modernist influences. Jacobsen purchased a miner’s cabin in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado just prior to the legalization of marijuana, and the paintings in Outpost serve as documents of his experiments in growing this newly legal plant. In these still lifes, the marijuana plant is the central focus against a dark background, along with wild mushrooms collected on long hikes and crystals gifted from friends. These paintings hearken back to traditional Dutch paintings of tulips, itself a coveted plant in its day. Deploying the technique of lens flare, Jacobsen highlights the importance of the camera, while also referencing the religious, spiritual, and cultist motif of light symbolizing the divine. The usage of this “heavenly” light on these cannabis plants...

The title of the series is Arquitecturas Domésticas and has this interesting link with the a Spanish Baroque. What Gloria is doing with these pieces is reinterpreting the Spanish Bar...

The title of the series is Arquitecturas Domésticas and has this interesting link with the a Spanish Baroque. What Gloria is doing with these pieces is reinterpreting the Spanish Bar...

A sublime look at the realistic work of Louise Feneley. The artist combines objects collected during a walk on the beach in Australia and arranges them into a still life using the ev...