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Fourteen of the fifteen paintings currently being exhibited in the McCoy Gallery are part of a large gift of his paintings that Ralph Claflin is presenting to Merrimack College.

Several years ago we presented the work of the artist and have maintained contact with him all these years through his connection with others whose work we have also shown, such as painters Andy Syrbik and Richard Barnhart. Claflin’s paintings explore unusual themes for a contemporary artist including Old and New Testament stories, the early Church and medieval history. His work employs a fresh and colorful design straightforwardness that recalls ancient tales with verve and humor.
 

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Gary Green: Terrain Vague - Photographs

January 24 - February 24, 2012

Reception Thursday, February 9, 3:00 - 5:00

Spanish Architect Ignasi de Solà-Morales coined the term ‘terrain vague’ to describe the abandoned, ambiguous, or marginalized pieces of land within an urban landscape that stand in contrast to the otherwise cohesive, definable organization of the city. These kinds of spaces – abandoned lots, post-industrial sites, bridge underpasses, for example – define the character of a cityscape through these pauses and stutters of visual dissonance.

Gary Green’s intention with this work is to expand on Morales’s notion and definition to use it more poetically to describe a sense of longing he finds so prevalent in these Central Maine landscapes. The empty storefronts, the spaces between modest homes, and vacant lots are for Green filled with the beauty, despair, yearning, and disappointment that defines this time in history in many places throughout the world.

http://garygreenphotographs.arloartists.com/
 

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CURRENT EXHIBITION

 

Richard Brown Lethem: Paintings

February 27 - April 6, 2012

Seeing is in the case of Richard Brown Lethem’s paintings compounded by his practice of frequently calling attention to the act of seeing, whether his, ours or the characters’ in his paintings. Lethem’s long painting career is an authentic journey of personal investigation and an openness to uncovering an evolving iconography. These recent paintings demonstrates the artist’s large capacity for invention within a freewheeling network of color and gesture. 

http://www.richardbrownlethem.com/
 

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Student Show

April 11 - June, 2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

Eric Milligan, Untitled, 2011