Peter Quidley: Retrospective Past and Present Sumer 2018 Nantucket, MA
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Quidley
Fine Art
- Nantucket - Naples - Westport -
“Peter Quidley: Retrospective” Solo Artist Exhibition
Quidley & Company - Nantucket, MA Opening June 28, 2018 For the first time in the gallery’s thirteen year history there will be an exhibition for one of its foundational artists, Peter Quidley. The show will include new paintings, and a collection of older works dating as far back as 1976. The evolution of the artist’s style and subject is on full display in this all encompassing retrospective.
About the Artist Peter Quidley was born on Boston’s Beacon Hill in 1945. Though he studied drawing throughout his college years, Quidley is largely a self-taught painter. Working as a professional artist for more than four decades, his goal has been to create paintings of beauty and enduring quality. Over the course of his career, Quidley gravitated toward a subtle narrative form, depicting peaceful and serene scenes, redolent of mystery, mischief, and simple innocence. Quidley’s characteristic style involves stripping his paintings of subject matter, iconography or clothing styles that place his scenes in a particular era; in so doing, the artist imbues his paintings with a sense of timelessness. He demonstrates a deep respect for the classical painting tradition through his practices of painting on panel, grinding his own pigments and choosing gold leaf water gilded frames. In a uniquely personal gesture, he often affixes to the back of a finished piece the brushes used to create the painting. According to one critic, “The first thing you notice about Peter Quidley’s oil paintings is the shimmering, lustrous character of the light which seems to radiate from the inside out, as if each picture is infused with its own individual incandescence.” Quidley’s work has been exhibited in numerous group exhibitions nationwide and internationally, and in solo shows across Massachusetts, including the Cape Museum of Fine Art, the Addison Gallery of American Art, and the Cahoon Museum of American Art. He holds the distinction of Copley Master, and is a member of numerous artistic societies. The artist is a renowned portraitist and does select work on commission. His works are in private collections around the world.
Abstract, 1976
oil on canvas, 32 x 48 inches
Enchantment, 1984
oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches
Three Ladies on the Beach, 1985 oil on canvas, 26 x 30 inches
Little Dippers, 1985
oil on canvas, 16 x 24 inches
Big Dippers, 1986
oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches
Woman at the Easel, 1987 oil on canvas, 236 x 48 inches
Daydream, 1987
oil on canvas, 26 x 30 inches
Hidden Forrest, 1988 oil on canvas, 30 x 26 inches
The Swing, 1988
oil on canvas, 24 x 18 inches
Wisteria, 1989
oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
Nantucket Landscape, 1989 oil on canvas, 20 x 30 inches
Testing the Waters, 1990 oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches
The Balcony, 1990
oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
Last Look, 1990
oil on canvas, 17 x 15 inches
The Rose Cottage, 1990 oil on canvas, 10 x 14 inches
Melodian Practice, 1990 oil on canvas, 9 x 12 inches
The Hammock, 1991 oil on canvas, 26 x 24 inches
Lamplight, 1992
oil on panel, 18 x 12 inches
The Return, 2001
oil on panel, 24 x 30 inches
Stars, 2006/2018
oil on panel, 20 x 24 inches
The Sketch, 2006
oil on panel, 20 x 24 inches
Warm Thoughts, 2011 oil on panel, 18 x 24 inches
A Boat, 2014
oil on panel, 24 x 36 inches
Nova, 2014
oil on panel, 15 x 15 inches
Iolite, 2014
oil on panel, 14 x 11 inches
Another Time (Stillness), 2016 oil on panel, 18 x 10 inches
This Side Up, 2017
oil on panel, 24 x 36 inches
The Rubber Ducker, 2017 oil on panel, 22 x 28 inches