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March Issue 2004
Fountainside Fine Art Gallery in Wilmington,
NC, Features Works by Rick McClure– People & Places
Oklahoma City-based
artist Rick McClure's one man show, People & Places: Through
the Eyes of an Artist, will be on view at Fountainside Fine
Art Gallery in Wilmington, NC, from Mar. 5 - 26, 2004. For his
third solo exhibition with the gallery, McClure will be exploring
the landscapes, cityscapes, and figures that inhabit his life.
McClure will also be in the area to conduct his very popular three
day workshop "A Fresh, Clean Approach to On Location Painting"
scheduled for Mar. 17,18, & 19, 2004.
McClure is an award winning teacher and plein air painter. His
free, painterly approach to rendering subjects throughout the
world has become popular with collectors nationwide.
McClure offers the following statement about his work. "To
date my art has been a journey, a wonderful journey that has included
excersions into large abstract acrylic pieces, modular figurative
studies, and contemporary watercolor. All of these experiences
have led me to my current passion for "plein air" oil
landscape painting and the transference of these little gems into
larger studio works. The challenge of confronting nature and the
public on location has given a new vitality to my work."
"Although my paintings are representational in content, I
avoid the labored treatment of traditional landscape painting.
Instead, I strive to capture a spontaneous glimpse of nature,
free of overstated surface detail and void of a "picture
postcard" interpretation. Thus, my goal is to produce works
that are fresh, clean, and as Charles Movalliu states, 'more akin
to sushi that fried fish.'"
For more information check our NC Commercial Gallery listings,
call the gallery at 910/256-9956, e-mail at (info@fountainsidegallery.com)
or at (www.fountainsidegallery.com).
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