FURTHER IN JOSHUA CUNNINGHAM
JOSHUA CUNNINGHAM
Joshua Cunningham lives in St. Paul, with his wife Shannon, their children, Greta, William and a sheep dog, Louie. He is a member of the Outdoor Painters of Minnesota, Oil Painters of America, and the American Impressionist Society. His work has garnered national attention by Plein Air Magazine and Informed Collector. The University of St Thomas commissioned him to commemorate their 125th Anniversary, and the Science Museum of Minnesota selected him to be an artist in residence for the St Croix Watershed Research Station at the historic Pine Needles Cabin. Joshua joined Groveland Gallery of Minneapolis in 2017. Joshua grew up the third of five boys, on 60 acres of woods, wetlands, and pastures in Isanti, Minnesota. His path to becoming a professional artist was as winding as the country roads and nameless creeks from his hometown. It began in the abstract art departments of St. Cloud State and St. John’s University. He had subsequent training with Minnesota fresco painter Mark Balma, the Atelier in Minneapolis, and with painter Joe Paquet. For Joshua, few experiences are as challenging or enriching as painting on location. Landscapes bring him back to his rural roots.
ARTIST STATEMENT “If your son is an artist, what’s he doing in a machine shop?” This was the question folk singer Greg Brown posed to my dad, signing a CD for me, after my dad explained why I couldn’t be at the concert. It’s a good question, so much so that my dad made sure to pass it on. I did not storm the gates or charge down the path to be an artist. I was slow, filled with just enough courage to overcome my fears, just enough hope to quell my doubts, just enough grace to grow my gifts. In this show, you see the paintings born of moving further into a deepening gratitude for all those artists who’ve come before and mentored those who taught me. I am not talking about something as shallow as pedigree, but rather teaching more this year has deepened my gratitude for the sacrifices and energy that my mentors put into my training, their mentors into them, and so it goes back for generations. In this show are paintings that were started long before I knew how to finish them, waiting for me to return with an answer to their invitation. There are pieces created over half a dozen visits to the same place at the same time, night after night, and still didn’t yield their secret until a year later. Other pieces came off the brush like a balloon, fully formed and as natural as breathing. With each of them, I was invited further in. This show is not a demonstration of talent or an exploration of theory. It is an open-hearted response to the potential I experienced in the world around us with the aim of sharing it with you. So, I hope you’ll join me, twenty some years later, as I keep walking Further In.
- Joshua Cunningham
May Morning 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,800.00 image: 14 x 18" | frame: 17.25 x 21.25"
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Evening Between the Lakes 2021 | oil on mounted linen $7,200.00 image: 30 x 40" | frame: 35.5 x 45.5"
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Fall Along the Slate Banks 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,400.00 image: 12 x 16" | frame: 15.25 x 19.25"
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Superior Afternoon 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,400.00 image: 16 x 12" | frame: 19.25 x 15.25"
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Tucked In 2021 | oil on mounted linen $2,000.00 image: 12 x 24" | frame: 15.25 x 27.25"
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Last of the Color 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,400.00 image: 12 x 16" | frame: 15.25 x 19.25"
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So Begins the Green 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,800.00 image: 14 x 18" | frame: 15.25 x 21.25"
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Crimson Crown 2021 | oil on mounted linen $7,200.00 image: 30 x 40" | frame: 35.5 x 45.5"
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Gentle Evening 2021 | oil on mounted linen $900.00 image: 8 x 10" | frame: 11.25 x 13.25"
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Fleeting Frost and Farm 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,400.00 image: 12 x 16" | frame: 15.25 x 19.25"
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Fog and the Fall 2021 | oil on mounted linen $7,200.00 image: 30 x 40" | frame: 35.5 x 45.5"
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Fog and Fall 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,100.00 image: 9 x 12" | frame: 12.25 x 15.25"
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Flowing into Spring 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,800.00 image: 14 x 18" | frame: 17.25 x 21.25"
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Cold Night Ahead 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,100.00 image: 9 x 12" | frame: 12.25 x 15.25"
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Between Bluff and River 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,100.00 image: 9 x 12" | frame: 12.25 x 15.25"
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Autumn Evening 2020 | oil on mounted linen $2,200.00 image: 16 x 20" | frame: 21.25 x 25.25"
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Mississippi Moonrise 2021 | oil on mounted linen $3,600.00 image: 28 x 22" | frame: 33.5 x 27.5"
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February Fieldstones 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,800.00 image: 14 x 18" | frame: 17.25 x 21.25"
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Coyote Calls 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,100.00 image: 9 x 12" | frame: 12.25 x 15.25"
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Upper Mississippi Twilight 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,100.00 image: 9 x 12" | frame: 12.25 x 15.25"
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Deep Evening 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,100.00 image: 9 x 12" | frame: 12.25 x 15.25"
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Summer Evening 2021 | oil on mounted linen $1,100.00 image: 11 x 11"| frame: 12.25 x 15.25"
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Jeweled Morning 2021 | oil on mounted linen $900.00 image: 10 x 8"| frame: 13.25 x 11.25"
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A Crescendo of Willows 2021 | oil on mounted linen $4,400.00 image: 24 x 36" | frame: 29.5 x 41.5"
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Lingering Light 2021 | oil on mounted linen $500.00 image: 6 x 8" | frame: 9.25 x 11.25"
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Waking Wells Creek 2021 | oil on mounted linen $500.00 image: 6 x 8" | frame: 9.25 x 11.25
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