Maureen Gallace

Maureen Gallace is one of the 55 artists selected for the 2010 Whitney Biennial.  Among all the contemporary works, I became bery drawn to this artist.  Her themes are very limited - "windowless sheds or houeses, seascapes, winter bridges and lakefronts of New England." (Maureen Gallace: New Paintings).  The colors are also limited; she often uses white and other light colors.  Houses seem to be floating, but it is centered in the middle of the canvas and gives us the impression that the the houses are not going to float away.  Surrounding trees are done with very simple brush strokes.  The only thing I can observe to be real is "sky".  Her works reminded me of Japanese artists, Azechi Umetaro and Kawase Hasui for their simplicy in painting a large scale of landscape.  Details will be discussed in class!


Maureen Gallace

Azechi Umetaro

Kawase Hasui