Colin Barclay : New Paintings

New Work For Sale

2011-10-07T11:34:00.001-04:00

Ive decided to offer a couple new things directly through the website
Please email with inquiries

The Sea, Newfoundland
oil on panel
30 x 30
$2800 UNFRAMED

Ponds End
oil on panel
10" x 10"
$1400 FRAMED

Moon Study
oil on panel
12" x 12"
$1100 UNFRAMED

Commissioned Work

2011-09-20T11:58:00.001-04:00

Pond Island
oil on panel
23 x 30

Twilight
oil on panel
30" x 30"

Evening
oil on panel
11" x 25"

something different

2011-01-15T20:55:00.004-05:00

Interior with Felix
in progress
oil on panel 11 x 8

He's going to have a lush, ethereally toned room to hang out in, kinda like those early 20th C genre interior paintings. Its been fun to draw him, I used 4b pencil on primed panel and washed it in with paint thinner and brushwork. Sorta halfway drawing, halfway painting.

some background underpainting filled in here, I do them higher keyed now so that the final result wont be so greyed out.

Elizabeth Moss Gallery, January 18,2011

2011-01-02T14:53:00.005-05:00

Fog,Gros Morne
oil on panel
6 x 12

Spring Rain, Schoodic Range
oil on panel
10 x 7

Evening Sea, Newfoundland
oil on panel
10 x 20

Dawn, Twillingate
oil on linen
8 x 18
SOLD

Sea Study, Twillingate
oil on panel
6 x 12

Gros Morne, Newfoundland
oil on panel
19 x 19

Long Point, Newfoundland
oil on panel
10 x 10

Maine Home and Design magazine

2010-12-31T09:47:00.001-05:00

THE CANVAS- June 2010

by Suzette McAvoy

Colin Barclay, Sean Beavers & Lisa Creed

“He drew forth a phrase from his treasure and spoke it softly to himself: A day of dappled seaborne clouds.” -James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Colin Barclay, Storm on the Barrens, 2007, oil on paper laid to panel, 24” x 24”

Nature’s Emotive Power

Contemporary landscape painter Colin Barclay’s Storm on the Barrens brings to mind a line from the English romantic poet Percy Shelley: “Far clouds of feathery gold, shaded with deepest purple, gleam like islands on a dark blue sea.” Simply composed, yet richly layered with scumbled opaque colors and thin veils of sheer tint, Barclay’s radiant landscapes seem to channel the emotive power of nature.

A native of New York’s Hudson River Valley, Barclay has a deep appreciation for the natural beauty of the region, which in the opening decades of the nineteenth century gave rise to America’s first recognized school of landscape painting. Like his artistic forbears, Barclay seeks to acknowledge the awe-inspiring beauty of a world undisturbed by man. Now a resident of Maine, he travels frequently throughout the northeast and as far north as the Bay of Fundy in search of inspiration for his meditative images.
While decidedly modern in his aesthetic approach, Barclay freely acknowledges the historical origins of his art. In particular, he appreciates the work of the late-nineteenth-century artist George Inness, whom he quotes as saying, “the aim of a work of art is not to instruct, not to edify, but to awaken an emotion.” Not surprisingly Barclay also admires the Luminists—Fitz Henry Lane, William Trost Richards, Martin Johnson Heade, Sanford Gifford, and others—whose spare, refined compositions and poetic use of light communicate “deep emotional and spiritual content.”

Barclay’s artistry is revealed in the visual emphasis he places on the abstract elements of a scene. He consciously simplifies forms, clarifies shapes, and modulates color and light until “a kind of kinetic balance” is reached. “I never want to paint a static landscape where everything seems at rest,” he says, “I always push for the work to feel as if it’s suspended or tensed against itself—just caught in the midst of movement.”

Temporal Moments

Artist Sean Beavers paints a variety of themes—still lifes, landscapes, and figurative works. Yet no matter the subject, all of his exquisitely rendered images address the tension between beauty and despair. For him, painting provides the opportunity to address the temporality of life by capturing nature’s fleeting moments. “All life is temporary,” he says, “I think that’s part of the reason that I paint; to somehow delay that process, to hold on a little bit longer to a moment or thing that will never exist again.”
In Distant Hiding Place, Beavers shares with the viewer one of nature’s uniquely beautiful moments. A cloud hovers over a tidal outlet in the sand; the two forms echoing one another and conveying a sense of spiritual transcendence. The painting is part of an ongoing series called Whispers from the Voice of the Sky, and was created from a plein-air study produced on the beach in York. “When I study something in nature,” the artist says, “there is a connection or understanding that I can’t describe—the beauty just moves me. When I say beauty I don’t mean sweet or sentimental. Nature can be quite harsh at times, but there is always balance in it, something melodic to offset the dissonance.”
Beavers’s meticulous painting style reveals a strong expertise in drawing from life, a practice that he has pursued from childhood and from which he still derives “immeasurable inspiration.” He considers his work to be “symbolist,” and his hauntingly beautiful images move beyond representation into the manifold evocations of metaphor. “The subjects of my paintings usually represent something other than the objects themselves,” he says, “like dreams, desires, frustrations, spirit—whatever it is I’m thinking about at the time.” While his art is inspired by deeply personal intentions, it speaks to the universal quest for truth and beauty.

Sean Beavers, Distant Hiding Place, oil on canvas on panel, 30” x 30” Private collection

Infinite Seas and Endless Skies

In her paintings of the sea and sky, artist Lisa Creed seeks “to honor the numinous that surrounds us.” Although she now resides in North Carolina, Creed grew up spending summers on the coast of Maine and she returns each year to spend time at her family’s property in Surry. “I feel like I have absorbed the very coast that I grew up on into my bones,” she says.
It is from this deeply rooted sense of place that she draws inspiration for her lyrical, atmospheric images. Serving as visual testaments of her devotion to nature’s spiritualism, Creed’s semi-abstract paintings of the Maine shore convey her appreciation for the elemental and the infinite. “I may paint in the front field or in my studio,” she says, “but it is my memory that pours out onto the surface. It is that sense of wonder that I had as a kid and still have today. It is the power of the sky, sea, and land, and the shifting weather that intrigues me.” In painting after painting, Creed expresses her appreciation for the inimitable light and air of the Maine coast. It is her only landscape subject—she also paints abstractions—and her passionate dedication to the theme is revealed in the remarkable range she derives from the subject. The vast skies and endless seas are as seemingly various as nature’s own creations. Devoid of human presence or man-made structures, her coastal paintings celebrate the transitory, ever-shifting nature of weather, atmosphere, and light. In works such as On the Wing, sweeping veils of shimmering color define the surface of the water and give form to the cloud-filled sky. “It is without fail that various people will comment that my work has northern light in it,” says Creed. “They recognize that it is New England light, Maine light. It is impossible for me to not have that light I love in my work.”

Lisa Creed, On the Wing, 2006, acrylic on canvas, 42” x 42”

Atmosphere Of Three, Fryeburgh Academy Museum, November 2009 through February 2010 with Richard Keen and John Knight

2009-11-27T13:09:00.012-05:00

Van Brunt Gallery with Cali Gorevic, October 3 to November 2

2009-10-17T09:11:00.007-04:00

Passing Storm, Molasses Pond
oil on panel
12 x 12
SOLD

The Sea, Twillingate
oil on panel
8 x 18
SOLD

Cloud Study, Molasses Pond
oil on panel
7 x 5
SOLD

Moonlight
oil on panel
11 x 11
SOLD

Crow Head, Twillingate
oil on linen
20 x 20
SOLD

Gros Morne, Newfoundland I
oil on panel
9 x 9

Gros Morne, Newfoundland II
oil on panel
14 x 14

Long Point
oil on panel
8 x 8
SOLD

Evening Clouds
oil on panel
9 x 22
SOLD

Gros Morne, Newfoundland IV
oil on paper, laid to panel
19 x 19

Evening view from Cadillac
oil on linen
40 x 40
SOLD

After the Burn
oil on panel
12 x 24

Early Fog, The Sea
oil on linen
18 x 15

Catskill Sunset
oil on paper, laid to panel
12 x 12

Quad 2, Group Show at Van Brunt Gallery, June 2009

2009-06-26T08:51:00.000-04:00

November Light, Addison Marsh
oil on panel
11 x 21

Isle Of Skye
oil on linen
20 x 40

Flood Stage
oil on panel
14 x 14

The Three Sisters
oil on linen
20 x 40

Leighton Gallery, May 24 - July 10

2009-04-19T12:39:00.011-04:00

Moonlight, Mt Desert
oil on panel
6 x 12
SOLD

Gros Morne, Newfoundland III
oil on linen
26 x 26
SOLD

Frenchman Bay, Morning
oil on panel
12 x 24
SOLD

Van Brunt Gallery, October 2008

2008-10-01T20:15:00.006-04:00

Leighton Gallery, August 24, 2008

2008-07-08T23:00:00.011-04:00

Bear Notch
oil on linen
29" x 44"
SOLD

View from Catherine Mtn.
oil on linen
10" x 20"
SOLD

Round Mountain and Ripleys Neck
oil on linen
20" x 42"
SOLD

Moonlight on the Reach
oil on panel
5" x 10"
SOLD

Spring Rain
oil on panel
18 x 12
SOLD

Northeast Fine Art and Design, Summer '08

2008-07-08T22:45:00.006-04:00

View from Olana
oil on panel
10 x 10
SOLD

Jordan Ridge
oil on panel
9 x 9
SOLD

December Sunset, Bear Mtn.
oil on panel
8 x 18

Winter Elm, Olana
oil on linen
26 x 20

Spring Evening, Molasses Pond
oil on linen
12 x 22

May 2008 Elizabeth Moss Gallery, continued

2008-05-22T08:25:00.003-04:00

View from Cadillac Mountain
oil on linen
10 x 20

View of the Catskills
oil on panel
12 x 12

Storm King
oil on panel
15 x 10

Elizabeth Moss Gallery April 10 2008, Opening Reception May 15, Closing Reception June 12

2008-04-10T13:00:00.008-04:00

Seguin Passage, Jonesport
oil on linen
13 x 9

Addison Moonlight
oil on linen
12 x 12

The Wolves, Newfoundland
oil on linen
12 x 12

Winter Clouds, Molasses Pond
oil on paper
14 x 14

Over The Reach
oil on linen
26 x 26

Burnt Island, Newfoundland
oil on panel
8 x 15
SOLD

Seguin Passage
oil on linen
40 x 30

Evening on Cadillac
oil on linen
12 x 12

Frenchman Bay
oil on paper, laid to panel
9 x 9
SOLD

Night, The Sea
oil on paper, laid to panel
12 x 27

Midsummer Storm
encaustic, oil on panel
23 x 23

AD20/21 Art Fair, Boston April 3 – 6, 2008 with Elizabeth Moss Gallery

2008-03-29T23:34:00.002-04:00

An all-new show from the producers of the
Boston International Fine Art Show...
One Weekend Only
April 3 – 6, 2008
The Cyclorama
At The Boston Center for The Arts
539 Tremont Street, in the South End

40 Select Exhibitors From the U.S. & Europe

Discover 108 years of paintings, sculpture, fine prints and photography, as well as furniture, glass, ceramics, decorative arts and jewelry representing major design movements from Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern to today’s Avant Garde.

Gala Preview
Thursday April 3rd, 5:30-9:30pm
To Benefit
Boston Architectural College

Maine Public Broadcasting Network Art Auction

2008-03-06T22:01:00.004-05:00

Winter Afternoon, Molasses Pond
oil on panel
6" x 11"

A jury of arts professionals will select some of the many works of art and fine crafts generously donated to benefit MPBN through our Great TV Auction for our 7th annual art exhibition. These items will be on display at L/A Arts Gallery 5, an arts space located in the Lyceum Hall at 49 Lisbon Street in Lewiston, June 1-28. They will be available for purchase at the gallery.

We will follow this show with a live auction. We are pleased to have been offered the use of Long Reach Hall at Maine Maritime Museum in Bath on July 12th to hold our auction. If you would like more information or would like to make a donation please email Margie Oxman,Director of Auction, at moxman@mpbn.net or call 800-884-1717 ext 5167.

" Little Big Things ", VanBrunt Gallery, January 2008

2007-11-29T10:21:00.002-05:00

Afternoon Fog, Addison
oil on panel
9 x 9
SOLD

View of the Hudson Highlands
oil on panel
12 x 12
SOLD

Southern View From the Bubbles
oil on panel
11 x 11
SOLD

View From the Bubbles, Mt. Desert
oil on panel
11 x 18
SOLD

Twilight
oil on canvas
13 x 9

Saltmarsh, Newfoundland
oil on panel
16 x16
SOLD

Hog Bay
oil on panel
3 x 10
SOLD

Maine College of Art Auction, November 2007

2007-11-09T11:17:00.001-05:00

Maine Landscape Diptych
left - Katahdin Study
oil on panel
5 x 6
right -Hog Bay Moonrise
oil on panel
4 x 6
SOLD

Van Brunt Gallery with Eline Barclay, September 2007

2007-08-03T09:37:00.002-04:00

Anthonys Nose
oil on linen
32 x 46

The Reach
oil on linen
26 x 47
SOLD

View from Minnewaska
oil on panel
24 x 48
SOLD

Evening Clouds
oil on panel
9 x 22

Twilight, Bear Mountain
oil on linen
21 x 21
SOLD

View of the Hudson from Perkins Point
oil on paper, laid to panel
6 x 14

Spring Evening, Graham Lake
oil on panel
13 x 23
SOLD

Night, The Sea
mixed technique, encaustic and oil on panel
4 x 10
SOLD

Spring Rainstorm, Schoodic Range from Sparrow Hill
oil on paper, laid to panel
7 x 10

Passing Storm, Schoodic Mountains
oil on panel
12 x 29
SOLD

View of the Hudson from Minnewaska
oil on panel
12 x 12
SOLD

Spring, Addison
oil on panel
9 x 13
SOLD

Late Afternoon, Addison
oil on panel
7 x 11
SOLD

Maine Audubon Art Auction, Friday September 28th 2007

2007-08-02T09:00:00.001-04:00

Spring, Graham Lake
oil on panel
12 x 12
SOLD

Leighton Gallery May 2007

2007-04-06T16:59:00.001-04:00

Spring, The Reach
oil on panel
24 x 24
SOLD

Spring
oil on panel
18 x 12

The Ladle
oil on panel
22 x 13
SOLD

Twilight on South Turner Mountain
oil on paper, laid to panel
23 x 29
SOLD

Natashas Storm
oil on panel
13 x 22
SOLD

Katahdin from South Turner Mtn.
oil on paper, laid to panel
23 x 30

Winter Storm, Eastbrook
oil on canvas, laid to panel
11 x 21
SOLD

View From The Barrens
oil on panel
24 x 24

Somes Sound
oil on panel
26 x 26

Storm On The Barrens
oil on panel
16 x 13
SOLD

Evening, Addison
oil on panel
20 x 28
SOLD

Catskill Sunset
oil on panel
12 x 12

December Sunset, Bear Mtn
oil on paper, laid to panel
8 x 18

Elizabeth Moss Gallery - March 1st , 2007

2007-02-24T17:19:00.000-05:00

Cape Split
oil on canvas
20 x 36
SOLD

Western View From Cadillac Mountain
Oil On Canvas
26 x 50

Line Squall, Bay Of Fundy
Oil On Canvas
22 x 44
SOLD

Clearing
Oil On Paper, laid to panel
19 x 19
SOLD

Highland Storm
Oil on canvas , laid to panel
14 x 22

Catskill Sunset
Oil On Panel
12 x 12

" Night Paintings " , VanBrunt Gallery, November 2006

2006-10-15T10:24:00.000-04:00

Night, The Sea
Oil On Panel
5 x 10

View From Cadillac Mtn.
Oil On Panel
5 x 13

Night, Cape Split
Oil On Canvas
14 x 14

Katahdin Lake, Appalachian Trail
oil on Canvas
16 x 16

Moonlight, Mt. Battie
Oil On Paper, Laid to Panel

Twilight, Blueberry Barrens
Oil On Panel
24 x 24

Evening On The Bay Of Fundy
Oil On Canvas
15 x 15

Moonlight On The Barrens
Oil on Paper, Laid to Panel
7 x 19

Twilight, Graham Lake
Oil on Canvas
14 x 14

The Whales Back
Oil on Panel
10 x 15

Tidal Estuary
Oil On Panel
8 x 8

Evening, Hudson River
Oil On Canvas
26 x 26

Winter Storm
Oil On Panel
5 x 10

Maine Audubon Art Auction - September 29, 2006

2006-08-09T15:35:00.000-04:00

View on the Narraguagus River
oil on panel
8 x 8

Cadillac Dawn
oil on panel
6 x 7

Van Brunt Gallery show July 8, Continued

2006-07-02T18:45:00.000-04:00

Line Squall, Bay Of Fundy
oil on canvas
22 x 44

Western View from Cadillac Mtn.
oil on canvas
26 x 50

December Moon, Mount Battie
oil on paper, laid to panel
10 x 12

Van Brunt Gallery - July 8th, 2006 Show,cont.

2006-06-16T08:08:00.000-04:00

Sunset On The Barrens
oil on paper laid to panel
7 x 19

North Over The Hudson
oil on canvas
20 x 36

Over Iona
oil on canvas, laid to panel
14 x 22

April Storm, Bear Mountain
oil on paper, laid to panel
12 x 27

Winter Evening, Cape Split
oil on paper, laid to panel;
7 x 18

Sundog Over Constitution Marsh
oil on canvas
28 x 28

July 2006 Show at Van Brunt Gallery

2006-06-15T11:46:00.000-04:00

Over The Reach
oil on canvas
26 x 26

Hudson River View
oil on panel
5 x 10

Evening Marsh
oil on paper, laid to panel
10 x 26

Outermost Islands
oil on canvas, laid to panel
10 x 22

Winter Sunset, Bear Mountain
oil on canvas, laid to panel
11 x 23

Cape Split
oil on canvas
20 x 36

Evening
oil on canvas
20 x 20

Winter Evening,Bay Of Fundy
oil on canvas
36 x 50

Winter 2005 at Van Brunt Gallery

2006-05-27T11:19:00.000-04:00

September 2005 at Van Brunt Gallery

2006-05-27T10:37:00.000-04:00

Resume

2006-05-27T10:18:00.000-04:00

Colin Barclay

Colin Barclay's paintings strive to portray the unique grandeur of the Maine coast and New York's Hudson River Valley. The artists chief concern is capturing the subtleties of atmospheric perspective, revealing a landscape transformed by weather and the changing light of early morning or dusk. Though his paintings ignore overt signs of human presence and often depict stormy, restless skies his work is not simply Romantic and is distinguished by a distinctly contemporary mood.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007 - “ Colin Barclay : Paintings “, Elizabeth Moss Gallery, Falmouth, ME

2006 - “ Night Paintings “, Solo Exhibition, Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY

2006 - “ Colin Barclay : New Paintings “, Solo Exhibition, Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY

2006 - “ Winter Salon “, Invitational Group Exhibit, Albert Shahinian Fine Art, Poughkeepsie, NY

2005 - “ Colin Barclay : New Paintings “, Solo Exhibition, Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY

2005 - “ Autumn Art Festival “, Invitational Benefit , Haldane School Foundation, Cold Spring, NY

2004 - “ New Hudson New York “, Invitational Group Exhibit, Van Brunt Gallery, New York, NY

2004 - “ Colin Barclay : Paintings “, Solo Exhibition, Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY

2003 - “ Imaging The River “, Invitational Group Exhibit, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY

EDUCATION

Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Fleischer Academy, Philadelphia, PA