James O'Neil & Hugh O'Neil
Opening Reception Friday, March 14. 7-9 pm
(show runs through March 29)
Wine, Guinness, & Hors d' Oeuvres
Certainly the scenic countryside of New England and Ireland lend themselves to landscape painting. These two artists capture the beauty of these territories in their own styles. Both of them emanate artists of the past, yet provide their own innovative techniques for the future.
This is for those of you who love beautiful New England and Irish landscapes and a great artsy reception on a Friday night. James O'Neil's depicts the landscape of Maine and Cape Cod with a focus on light as the subject matter. He was trained as a modern Impressionist and certainly the beauty and emotion conveyed through his work is consistent with traditional Impressionist paintings. He, however, simultaneously uses a sort of blurred pointillism within these luminous landscapes that recalls Seurat or Signac. The mixing of these two traditional styles is what makes his work interesting and somewhat atypical.
Hugh O'Neil is an Irish artist who is considered to be one of Ireland's finest living landscape artists. He is strictly figurative in style and, therefore, the beauty of his paintings is not masked by any special self-proclaimed style or technique. These are the perfect works to view to get you in the mood for St. Patrick's day.
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