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Dennis Sheehan Art

American, b. 1950
Dennis Sheehan was born in Boston in 1950. He has works in major public and private collections including the White House. Sheehan paints in the Barbizon mode with adherence to his 19th century precursors. In the tradition of the tonalist* painters, Sheehan creates landscapes of mood, affected by nature's changing seasons. "Today, in a cultural firmament that has been defined as Postmodern, a new generation of American painters is returning to the old landscape seeking a renewed vision. The cultural strategies that they employ are as diverse as any from the past; in most cases, these painters consciously strive to enter into a dialogue with the history of the White Mountains art. Their work, grounded in a sophisticated appreciation of what has come before, is in many cases deliberately discursive with a tradition that has been all but erased twice by historical and cultural forces." The contemporary work of Dennis Sheehan, for example, affords a great nineteenth-century-predecessor George Inness. Like Inness, whose influence is consciously acknowledged, Sheehan employs the dark palette and thickly pigmented surfaces of the French Barbizon School*. Maintaining a muted tonalist chromatic scheme, Sheehan, like Inness before him, has temerity to eschew picturesque scenery-his Conway Meadows avoids any reference to the traditional climax view of Mount Washington—in the interest of evoking atmospherics* and the appearance of the natural world as it is observed. Optical truth combined with poetic resonance—the search for some ineffable quality of nature beyond words -constitutes the probity of his art. Yet, also like Inness, Sheehan's paintings are produced in the studio. His work is the product of the conscious distillation of prior imagery ranging from the American Barbizon to the abstractions of Franz Kline. For all of the references to history—and there are multiple—there is no mistaking the artist's debt to the more recent past. Without the legacy of action painting, Sheehan's art would be less forceful and evocative than it is." Source: Guild of Boston Artists
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Dennis Sheehan, "Moon Over the Marsh", 30x40 Sunset Landscape Oil Painting
Dennis Sheehan, "Moon Over the Marsh", 30x40 Sunset Landscape Oil Painting

Dennis Sheehan, "Moon Over the Marsh", 30x40 Sunset Landscape Oil Painting

By Dennis Sheehan

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

This piece, "Moon Over the Marsh", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 30x40 oil painting on canvas featuring a landscape at sunset. Remaining light from the setting sun burns the sky in a...

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Dennis Sheehan, "Glowing Hedgerow", Moody Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting
Dennis Sheehan, "Glowing Hedgerow", Moody Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting

Dennis Sheehan, "Glowing Hedgerow", Moody Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting

By Dennis Sheehan

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

This piece, "Glowing Hedgerow", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 18x24 oil painting on canvas featuring a marshy green landscape at dusk. This moody painting shows tree line at the hori...

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2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

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Canvas, Oil

Colorful Twilight Sky
Colorful Twilight Sky

Colorful Twilight Sky

By Dennis Sheehan

Located in Milford, NH

A fine tonalist landscape with colorful twilight sky at the end of the day by American contemporary artist Dennis Sheehan (b. 1950). Sheehan was born in Boston, Massachusetts and wen...

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2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

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Canvas, Oil

Dennis Sheehan, "Mid Fall" 12x12 Tonalist Tree Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas
Dennis Sheehan, "Mid Fall" 12x12 Tonalist Tree Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas

Dennis Sheehan, "Mid Fall" 12x12 Tonalist Tree Landscape Oil Painting on Canvas

By Dennis Sheehan

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

This piece, "Mid Fall", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas featuring a daytime landscape setting during autumn. Tree leaves are deep reds, purple, oranges an...

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2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

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Dennis Sheehan, "Evening Prelude", Moody Sunset Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting
Dennis Sheehan, "Evening Prelude", Moody Sunset Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting

Dennis Sheehan, "Evening Prelude", Moody Sunset Tonalist Landscape Oil Painting

By Dennis Sheehan

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

This piece, "Evening Prelude", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 14x18 oil painting on canvas featuring a marshy green landscape at dusk. This moody painting shows tree line at the horiz...

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2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

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Dennis Sheehan, "Winter Dusk", 16x20 Snowy Landscape Tonalist Oil Painting
Dennis Sheehan, "Winter Dusk", 16x20 Snowy Landscape Tonalist Oil Painting

Dennis Sheehan, "Winter Dusk", 16x20 Snowy Landscape Tonalist Oil Painting

By Dennis Sheehan

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

This piece, "Winter Dusk", is a 16x20 winter landscape oil painting on canvas by artist Dennis Sheehan. Featured is view over a snow covered marshland during the evening hours. The w...

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Dennis Sheehan, "Winter's Warmth", Tonalist Landscape Mountain Tree Oil Painting
Dennis Sheehan, "Winter's Warmth", Tonalist Landscape Mountain Tree Oil Painting

Dennis Sheehan, "Winter's Warmth", Tonalist Landscape Mountain Tree Oil Painting

By Dennis Sheehan

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

This piece, "Winter's Warmth", by artist Dennis Sheehan is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas featuring a traditional snowy landscape just before dusk. Warm afternoon light surrounds fol...

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Leaves Beginning To Change
Leaves Beginning To Change

Leaves Beginning To Change

By Dennis Sheehan

Located in Milford, NH

A fine tonalist landscape with leaves beginning to change by a marsh by American contemporary artist Dennis Sheehan (b. 1950). Sheehan was born in Boston, Massachusetts and went on t...

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2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

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Dennis Sheehan, "Day's Glory" 12x12 Dusk Landscape Oil Painting
Dennis Sheehan, "Day's Glory" 12x12 Dusk Landscape Oil Painting

Dennis Sheehan, "Day's Glory" 12x12 Dusk Landscape Oil Painting

By Dennis Sheehan

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

This piece, “Day's Glory" is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas by artist Dennis Sheehan. Featured is a tranquil landscape with a stand of autumn trees glowing with warm orange light abo...

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2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

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Twilight Reflections
Twilight Reflections

Twilight Reflections

By Dennis Sheehan

Located in Milford, NH

A pleasant tonalist landscape of twilight reflections in the marsh by American contemporary artist Dennis Sheehan (b. 1950). Sheehan was born in Boston, Massachusetts and went on to ...

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2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

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Dennis Sheehan, "Evening's Embrace" 12x12 Dusk Landscape Oil Painting
Dennis Sheehan, "Evening's Embrace" 12x12 Dusk Landscape Oil Painting

Dennis Sheehan, "Evening's Embrace" 12x12 Dusk Landscape Oil Painting

By Dennis Sheehan

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

This piece, “Evening’s Embrace” is a 12x12 oil painting on canvas by artist Dennis Sheehan. Featured is a luminous, mood-driven landscape at dusk, where bands of warm gold and soft c...

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2010s Tonalist Dennis Sheehan Art

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Canvas, Oil

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