Mission Street Scenes

Mission District Street Scenes {all on 300lb Fabriano hot press paper (30 x 46) inches, except for small one which is on handmade paper (9 x 12 inches)}

THE WATERCOLORS OF PAUL FEELEY will be at Gareth Greenan Gallery in New York this September:

 

1961 Rafina IV (Greece)
11 1/2" x 15 1/2"

Garth Greenan Gallery, formerly Gary Snyder Gallery, is pleased to announce its inaugural exhibition, Paul Feeley: 1957–1962, an exhibition of paintings, watercolors, and drawings at 529 West 20th Street. Opening on September 5, 2013, the exhibition is the first presentation of Feeley's work in a New York gallery since 2008. Twelve of the artist's brightly colored abstract paintings will be on view, as well as a selection of related landscape watercolors, none of which has ever before been exhibited. A fully illustrated catalogue—Feeley's first since 2002—will accompany the exhibition, with an essay by David Anfam.

The exhibition and its accompanying publication provide an overview of the artist's work from 1957 to 1962—a time of intense formal, as well as technical innovation for Feeley. Although classically derived, Feeley's paintings from this period are looser, more gestural, and less emblematic than his better-known work from the mid-1960s. In works such as Ios (1957) and Caligula (1959), exaggerated drips and sensuous looping forms cascade across washy grounds. They are frozen gestures of sorts, uncertain in their ability to maintain their gleefully overblown proportions. In later paintings like Untitled (1962), the forms gradually solidify and become more evocative of things in the real world—Mediterranean landscapes and Islamic tile decoration, for example. The actual ebb and flow of the paint stops and the compositions become more settled and architectural.

Born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1910, Paul Feeley studied painting at Menlo College, Menlo Park, California and the Art Students League. After completing his training, Feeley began teaching, first at Cooper Union (1935–1939) and later at Bennington College. The artist remained at Bennington for 27 years (1939–1966) and founded its celebrated art department. Committed to the art of his peers, Feeley exposed his students—among them, Helen Frankenthaler—to many of the most significant artists of his time. In addition, while at Bennington, he organized the first retrospective exhibitions of Hans Hoffmann, Jackson Pollock, and David Smith.

Throughout the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, Feeley had solo exhibitions at many prominent institutions, including: Tibor de Nagy Gallery (1954, 1955, 1958, New York), Betty Parsons Gallery (1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1975, New York), and Kasmin Gallery (1964, London). During this period, his work was also featured in important museum exhibitions, such as Post Painterly Abstraction (1964, Los Angeles County Museum of Art), The Shaped Canvas (1964, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), The Responsive Eye (1965, Museum of Modern Art), and Systemic Painting (1966, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum), among others. In 1968, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum mounted a memorial retrospective exhibition of Feeley's work. More recently, his paintings have been shown at Lawrence Markey Gallery (1997, 1999, 2002, 2007, 2013, New York and San Antonio) and Matthew Marks Gallery (2002, 2008, New York).

Feeley's work is featured in the collections of major museums around the country, including: the Detroit Institute of Arts; the Fogg Museum, Harvard University; the McNay Art Museum; the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art; the Smithsonian American Art Museum; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; the Wadsworth Atheneum; and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Garth Greenan Gallery is pleased to represent the Estate of Paul Feeley.

Paul Feeley: 1957–1962 will be on view at Garth Greenan Gallery, 529 West 20th Street (between Tenth and Eleventh Avenues), through Saturday, October 12, 2013. The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday,
10:00 am to 6:00 pm. For more information, please contact Garth Greenan at (212) 929-1351, or email garth@garthgreenan.com.

REGISTER NOW FOR MY WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP AND GET A DISCOUNT!

Painting: Introduction to Watercolor Workshop
Class #: AR425 Register Now
Watercolor is a beautiful and versatile medium which has recently been embraced by contemporary art practice. It is suited for larger studio work, for quick journal and travel sketches, or for painting in plein-air. This workshop is designed to introduce students to all aspects of watercolor materials and techniques such as color, transparency, texture, wet into wet, and other tricks of the trade. You will be introduced to artists working in this medium through books and local art exhibitions. Gain confidence with watercolor and begin your exploration of this luminous and exciting medium. Take advantage of the spontaneity and inherent beauty of the watercolor medium, while engaging your personal vision through the unique experience that watercolor has to offer.
Instructor: Francesca Pastine
Cost: $175
Cost: $160
Day: Thurs.        # of meetings: 6
Date(s): 10/17 - 11/21
Time: 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location: Fort Mason, Bldg B     Rm: 205

ALSO STARTING IN AUGUST AT KALA ART INSTITUTE IN BERKELEY:

Watercolor Painting

Francesca Pastine
Class #81: Thursdays, August 29-October 10, 6:30-9:30pm
Tuition $345


Watercolor paintings, works on paper, and other water media have a
strong presence in contemporary art practice. The spontaneity and
luminosity of water-based media on paper is unsurpassed. We will
engage in a laboratory of contemporary practice, with both
traditional and untraditional watercolor techniques, engaging with
watercolor paint, gouache, alternative papers, pens, and ink. You
will begin to set up experiments with material and processes that
will lead you to your own unique visual language. Methods of
critical analysis, color literacy, contemporary painting issues,
and basic painting methods and skills will will also be covered.
Both experienced painters and beginners are welcome.
Francesca Pastine was born in New York City and received her MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute. She has had exhibitions throughout the Bay Area and many major cities including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Milwaukee, and Sofia. Pastine is represented by Eleanor Harwood Gallery in San Francisco and Pentimenti Gallery. in Philadelphia. She will participate in an exhibit, Rebound: Dissections and Excavations in Book Art, at Halsey Contemporary Art Centre at the University of North Carolina in 2013. Pastine is the recipient of Pollock-Krasner Grant and a Kala Art Institute Fellowship. She has taught art at the San Francisco Art Institute, California College of the Arts, the City College of San Francisco, and Dominican University.
http://cutter.rexx.com/~fpastine/

SPRING WATERCOLOR CLASS

I really enjoyed my watercolor class last term.  My students were inventive and incredibly dedicated to their art.  Here are some examples of their work*:

Carol Dei:

Susan Sutro:

Annie Scott Rogers:

Dan Poon:

*There were other great works created in this class, but since I lost my iphone with many of my pictures, I cannot share them with you.  So, if your work is not represented here-- so sorry!

Watercolors of DAN POON

Dan Poon graduated from CCAC years ago and got a job in graphic design. Recently retired, he began to paint for himself again.  I really enjoyed the watercolors that he did in class. They are bold, fresh, and have an amazing fusion of color and spirit.