During the month of March 2010, Blackfish Gallery will host an exhibition of paintings by Blackfish Artist Member, Paul Missal with guest artists Nancy Lindburg and William Owen.
This show represents the coming together of three very dear friends, and is titled, Paul Missal and Friends – Again. These three artists are drawn to the beauty and mystery of nature but they each approach it differently. Nancy Lindburg delights in an impressionistic touch of paint, soft forms and saturated colors. Paul Missal’s work often speaks through metaphor asking the viewer to build their own narrative around the image. William Owen’s paintings explore the coastal landscape and the mystery that form, color and texture can evoke in addition to building with different memories each time the painting is viewed. The three artists are very similar because they share the love of “seeing” nature and love taking that experience and transforming it through the process of painting.
Missal’s work is a combination of paintings, some revisited and some new. The scale is modest to large and all paintings are acrylic on canvas. He says, “I am trying to have the work engage a kind of mystery and story that underlies our life, something we connect with internally in a secret place”.
Lindburg’s paintings are large, 48” x 36”, and also include smaller color-field impressions in oil on canvas. They evoke a sense of atmosphere, space and energy. She says, “The expressive quality of my work is generated by saturated color, surface treatment, the energy (action) of painting, and the need to translate feelings and thoughts into substantive visual form. My roots are in the Dakota prairie – its great space and pregnant emptiness, the light, earth, energy and silence. It continues to nurture me, along with the lush, verdant promise of the Northwest”.
Owen’s framed paintings measure 18” x 24” in acrylic on canvas. They are abstractions inspired by the coastal area. He says, “Each painting is a departure from the previous one. The work I do is like a signature and maybe that’s what gives it a commonality. Composition is very important to me because when it is interesting it holds your
attention. Nature inspires me. It is my guide for all my paintings”.
Slideshow of opening >
Back Room: Palmarin Merges and Julie McNiel, 'Patterns of Migration'
Fishbowl 1: Palmarin Merges
Fishbowl 2: Ann Christenson 'Fling'
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