Barbara Brady
For 25 years the landscape has been the focus of my work. Seven of those years was spent painting in Los Angeles and along the coast of California. I now reside in Maine, surrounded by rustic wilderness.
The winter of 2005-06, marked a turning point - a new way of seeing. Once I allowed myself to be liberated from direct observation, I was no longer satisfied with ordinary vision. I began to express elements from nature spontaneously. I paint who I am, what I am feeling and draw from a vast array of perceptions and experiences. I'm more interested in the essence of nature, its vitality of spirit and its drama.
The process of creative investigation and experimentation has resulted in intensified color and gestural brushwork that has brought fluidity and movement to my paintings. The surface of the painting-thick and thin, light and dark, matt and gloss, is also an important factor. There is an energy to my work, a spiritual projection of natural forces.
The work on this web site is representative of this new body of work created since 2006.
My work is held in private collections on the east and west coasts. I'm represented by
Gallery 170, Damariscotta, ME; Pfenninger Gallery, Lancaster, PA; and Flanagan Fine Arts, Portland, ME.
Statement
My work is derived from nature's diversity, complexity and temperament. My paintings are about color and energy, images drawn from an emotional response. They are raw, not interested in detail, but broken down into simple gestures of color.
Barbara Brady
Barbara Brady Resume
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Pfenninger Gallery, Lancaster, PA
2007 Gallery 170, Damariscotta, ME - Beyond the Confines
2007 BenjaminGrace Gallery, Sedgwick, ME - Stretches of Time
2006 Schoodic Arts for All, Hammond Hall, Prospect Harbor, ME
2004 Britton Gallery, Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill, ME - The Colors of Spring
2004 CCOM Gallery, Bangor, ME
Selected Group Shows
2007 Flanagan Fine Art, Portland, ME
2007 Blum Gallery, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, ME - Not Your Usual Whitebread
2007 DIAA Gallery, Deer Isle, ME - Elemental Nature
2007 Northlight Gallery, Millinocket, ME
2006 Gallery 170, Damariscotta, ME
2006 DIAA, Deer Isle, ME
2006 Handworks Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2006 Swan Gallery, Jenkintown, PA
2006 Camden Public Library, Camden, ME
2006 McGrath-Dunham Gallery, Castine, ME
2006 Union Hall Gallery, Rockport, ME
2005 Handworks Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2005 The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont, PA
2005 Swan Gallery, Jenkintown, PA
2005 47th Annual Juried Exhibit, Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset, ME
2005 DIAA, Deer Isle, ME
2004-05 McGrath-Dunham Gallery, Castine, ME
2004 Clark House Gallery, Bangor, ME
2004 DIAA, Deer Isle, ME
2003 Camden Public Library, Camden, ME
2003 Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
2000 Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont, PA
1999 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1999 Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, Juried Show
1992 Los Angeles City Hall Rotunda Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1984 Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA, Juried Show
1982 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1982 Upper Merion Cultural Center, Upper Merion, PA Four-Person Show
1982 Abington Art Center, Abington, PA, Juried Show
1980 Villanova University, Villanova, PA, Juried Show
1980 Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont, PA, Two-Person Show
Education
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Ireland, 1999
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA - 1980-1982
Rosemont College, Rosemont, PA - BFA, 1980
Affiliations
Artists Space
PAFA Fellowship
Union of Maine Visual Artists
Deer Isle Artists Association
Maine Arts Commission