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October 1, 2001 – January 11, 2002
Owen Gray, Margaret Grimes, Ginger Levant
Natural Pointing: Three Perspectives on Landscape
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Natural Painting: Three Perspectives on Landscape will be on view in the Rotunda Gallery from October 1, 2002 to January 11, 2002. This exhibition presents three painters -- Owen Gray, Margaret Grimes and Ginger Levant -- working in the traditional medium of oil paint to rethink nature as perceived, as imagined, or sometimes as a combination of both. Gallery hours are weekdays 9 am to 5 pm or by appointment. Opening reception: October 11, 6:30 - 8 pm.
Owen Gray finds a point of departure in the Florida landscape and in the study of animals in zoos and natural history collections. He fuses landscape and fantasy in imagined environments, lavishly described in freely brushed, richly colored scenes of confrontation and cohabitation
Fighting Parrots
2001
Oil on canvas
36" x 30"
Lousiana Marshlands
2000
Oil on paper
36.5" x 36"
The Red Bird
1999
Oil on paper
35" x 30"
Margaret Grimes presents an antithesis to Gray, defining nature in terms of the landscape near her studio in Washington, Connecticut. She works directly before the motif to capture natural complexity in images of tangled vines, dense foliage and intricate patterns of branches.
The Marsh King's Daughter, #5
2000
Oil on linen
72" x 48"
The Marsh King's Daughter, #3
1999
Oil on linen
48" x 36"
Ginger Levant embraces the traditions of landscape that are shunned by Gray and Grimes, seeking out more classical compositions in Italy and France. She works directly from nature, capturing the changing light; yet unlike Grimes the underlying architecture of the landscapes lends the image a timeless stability, as her landscapes seem unperturbed by the modern world.
View of the Bridge
2001
Oil on canvas
34" x 42"
Pond in Brittany
2001
Oil on canvas
34" x 42"
Evening View of Buoncovento
1997
Oil on canvas
34" x 42"
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