Before the Masterpieces    
An intriguing show of new works along with the sketches, studies and reference photos and notes created in preparation for the finished paintings. Studies can help an artist plan composition, color choices, light and perspective. More spontaneous than most finished works, studies can be dynamic, show the artist’s thought process and often differ greatly from the finally presented works. For instance, Michelangelo’s study for the Libyan Sibyl on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel is based on a male model while the finished painting is of a woman. This exhibition gives the viewer a look at the work and experiments that lead to the art we see completed and framed.
   

Robert Abele | SaraJane Doberstein | Maryalice Eizenberg | Steve Kennedy | Marc Kundmann | Sharon McGauley | Jonathan McPhillips | David Mesite | Susan Overstreet | Andrea Petitto | Amy Sanders | Paul Schulenburg

Robert Abele

  • Summer Cottage Truro | oil on canvas | 24 x 24, framed 26 x 26 | $2,300

SaraJane Doberstein

Maryalice Eizenberg

Steve Kennedy

  • Setting Sun, Ryder Beach Farm | oil on linen | 24 x 36, framed 30 x 42 | $5,200
  • Shot | graphite on paper | 7 x 10, framed 13 x 15 | $200

Marc Kundmann

  • On the Verge | encaustic, oil stick, charcoal on birch | 42 x 41 | $4,800
  • The Muses | charcoal on tracing paper | 19 x 24, framed 23 x 29 | $450

Sharon McGauley

  • Island Pines | oil on board | 10 x 24, framed 12 x 26 | $2800

     

    “This was an island offshore of a house I was staying in in Maine. It was a beautiful, slightly overcast day with a beautiful blue-purple cloud bank at the horizon that I knew I could never capture adequately in a photo. So I took several photos with the only camera/lens combination I had with me, and memorized the color as best I could. This is typical of my work, in the way it is a combination of reference photos, memory and sketches. I pull elements from different photos I combine them all together as I am working and hope for the best. Sometimes I do some smaller sketches, which I did for this piece, but I was really just playing with color and ended up deciding that my (fallible) memory of the scene was better than anything else I came up with. So I did the color on the fly as I worked and enjoyed the process and, ultimately, the end result. Sometimes I sketch too much and kind of kill the excitement of the idea of a piece…like if I sketch it too much I get kind of tired of it. So I kept the sketching light and loose, and ended up deciding I had enough time with the image to just give it a go." — Sharon McGauley

  • Island Pines Reference Photo

Jonathan McPhillips

  • Town of Wellfleet | oil | 9 x 12, framed 13 x 16 | $950

David Mesite

Susan Overstreet

Andrea Petitto

  • Market Women | oil | 16 x 20, framed 18.25 x 22.25 | $1,400
  • Sketch for Market Women | oil | 6 x 8, framed 8.5 x 10.5 | $250

Amy Sanders

  • Sunset Across the Bay | pastel | 11 x 11, framed 14 x 14 | $1,200

Paul Schulenburg

  • The Sea is Never Still | oil on canvas | 30 x 24, framed 36 x 30 | $5,200