Sara MacCulloch Landscapes
On the cover : Kingsburg Dusk, 2016 oil on canvas 30 x 30 in.
Waves, 2016 oil on canvas 16 x 16 in.
SARA MACCULLOCH Landscapes September 8 to October 15 2016
South Harbour Beach, 2016 oil on canvas 36 x 36 in.
Kingsport Dusk, 2016 oil on panel 24 x 24 in.
Kingsport Sunset, 2016 Oil on canvas 16 x 16 in.
Lake and Pines, 2016 Oil on canvas 30 x 30 in.
Road, 2016 Oil on canvas 20 x 20 in.
Beach and rocks, 2016 Oil on canvas 48 x 48 in.
Beach, Fog, 2016 Oil on canvas 48 x 48 in.
Look Off, 2016 Oil on canvas 48 x 48 in.
Beach on a cloudy day,2015 Oil on canvas 36 x 36 in.
Kathryn Markel Fine Arts is pleased to present Landscapes, Sara MacCulloch’s fourth solo exhibition with the gallery. Taking in Sara MacCulloch’s landscapes can evoke an uncanny sense of familiarity. The scenes may resonate with the viewer, whether or not they have ever stepped foot in those surroundings. Their hazy portrayal depicts, it seems, more a sense of nostalgia than the specificity of place. Sara MacCulloch, “Kingsport Sunset,” oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in Typically completed in one studio session, her works have a sense of immediacy with fresh brushstrokes and compositions teetering on the edge of being resolved and being overworked. If there is a change MacCulloch wants to make, she scrapes the paint away down to the surface to start completely anew in order to preserve that energetic emotion of her marks. In doing so, the final piece also embodies her relationship to the painting itself, giving direct insight into her experience of creating the work. It also parallels the fleeting attachment MacCulloch had to the area she is now immortalizing. Her paintings capture the essence of a place and her emotional connection of experiencing it, rather than portraying minute details of representation. The overall impression of a MacColloch landscape is one of muted serenity, but they have a lingering impact rooted in subtle shifts of color, painterly abstraction, and a lush organic palette. Sara MacCulloch received her BFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. She exhibits extensively throughout Canada in Halifax, Toronto and Edmonton. Her work is in the collections of the Nova Scotia and Canada Council Art Banks, the Gotsland Kunstmuseum in Gotsland, Sweden, and various public and private collections. MacCulloch is the recipient of numerous awards and grants including four individual grants from the Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture and an Established Artist Award from Creative Nova Scotia.
SARA MACCULLOCH
EDUCATION 1987–1992 Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax BFA: Painting, Art History minor 1984–1986 Concordia University, Montreal Major: Painting SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 Paintings, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax 2014 Landscapes, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, New York 2013 Paintings, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax 2012 New Paintings, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NYC, USA New Landscapes, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 Art Bank of Nova Scotia Exhibition Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design, Sydney, NS 2010 Art Chicago, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY Affordable Art Fair, NYC- Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY 2009 Aqua Miami Art Fair, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY Dallas Art Fair, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts, NY 2008 Decade, Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects 2007 Home Town, Tom Thomson Memorial Gallery, Owen SoundSmall Acres, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax 2006 Toronto International Art Fair, Wynick Tuck Gallery AWARDS 2014 Individual Grant- Arts Nova Scotia 2013 Established Artist Award – Creative Nova Scotia 2011 Individual Grant- Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Individual Grant- Nova Scotia Department of Tourism and Culture
curated by Stuart Reid
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