Lisa McShane Art

'In the field' a group show of northwest landscapes Lucia Douglas Gallery Exhibition: June 7 - July 29, 2012 Reception: Saturday, June 16, 6:30 - 8:00 Lucia Douglas Gallery is at 1415 13th Street in Bellingham. I'm thrilled to participate! 'Year after year, spring comes.' ©2012 Lisa McShane. Oil on Linen, 24" x 24". This painting is on display in the show and it's my third painting of the Twin Sisters. Spring arrived while I was observing. 

'Summer Field'. ©2012 Lisa McShane. Oil on Linen. 16x20". Some paintings come together quickly and some take a great deal of time, week after week. Then others can sit for months or longer on a shelf in the studio gathering dust, challenging me to figure out their issues. 'Summer Field' is one of the latter challenges. I believe I started this nearly a year ago. And then my vision for it faded. But I've always watched fields go by out the side window of the car. I find them compelling and I wanted to capture that quick glance. A few months ago, rather than start a new painting, I picked this back up and sanded it down, built up new layers, sanded them down. I like the texture and I'm satisfied with the colors and the sky. I finished 4 paintings last weekend, and this is one of my favorites. I just dropped it off for a show called 'In the Field' at the Lucia Douglas Gallery in Bellingham. The show opens June 7th with the reception June 16th,

'Mountains at Dusk'. ©2012 L McShane. Oil on Linen. I have most of my frames made for me by Steve Whalen at Mountains Edge Frames . They all look great but every once in awhile, there's a remarkable match between an image and the frame. I don't usually order my frames with a gold edge. In fact, this is the first one I deliberately ordered that way. But I did, and it's perfect. Just FYI, in case you're thinking about framing.

'Lonely Field', ©2012 Lisa McShane. Oil on Linen. 20" x 12" I don't usually paint my dreams but an intense visual memory came back to me recently and so I captured it. Years ago I rode my husband and I rode our bikes across France camping in fields. He's a restless sleeper but I didn't really know that then. One night I awoke alone in a field with a full moon and fog. It was hard to see very far. The memory of that has stuck with me.