ALEC EAMES RICHARDSON
"Capturing Beauty:" "Hope in the Land"
(Note by Deborah Dawson)
The quiet of winter is the time when the trees reveal their bones – showing how they weather the storms that rush in from the sea. In their skeletal gestures, reaching for the fleeting sun, I find grace, beauty and strength. Their example can lift me out of my winter melancholy to find hope in the resilience of nature.
While contemplatively observing a coastal ecosystem, it is often the humble details that reveal the true nature of survival. It could be a wind-swept spruce tree hanging on to the granite shore or a bare twig with withered berries overlooked by the foraging deer. In these details I find metaphorical gestures that help me to find empathy with the elements and relate them to survival in this injured world that we share. In those gestures I find hope.
I found a similar hope in Alec Eames Richardson’s paintings from a heath in Corea, Maine, many miles up the coast from the marshlands that I explore in Southern Maine. Through our conversations, we found a similar interest in recognizing the vital elements of nature’s survival in the most humble of landscapes that are so often overlooked. In the beauty of these humble lands we can all find inspiration and hope for our survival in this fragile world.
In collaboration with Deborah Dawson
The quiet of winter is the time when the trees reveal their bones – showing how they weather the storms that rush in from the sea. In their skeletal gestures, reaching for the fleeting sun, I find grace, beauty and strength. Their example can lift me out of my winter melancholy to find hope in the resilience of nature.
While contemplatively observing a coastal ecosystem, it is often the humble details that reveal the true nature of survival. It could be a wind-swept spruce tree hanging on to the granite shore or a bare twig with withered berries overlooked by the foraging deer. In these details I find metaphorical gestures that help me to find empathy with the elements and relate them to survival in this injured world that we share. In those gestures I find hope.
I found a similar hope in Alec Eames Richardson’s paintings from a heath in Corea, Maine, many miles up the coast from the marshlands that I explore in Southern Maine. Through our conversations, we found a similar interest in recognizing the vital elements of nature’s survival in the most humble of landscapes that are so often overlooked. In the beauty of these humble lands we can all find inspiration and hope for our survival in this fragile world.
In collaboration with Deborah Dawson
"An Older Spruce" SOLD
Oil on paper, image 8" x 8,"
Oil on paper, image 8" x 8,"
"Center Island" SOLD
Oil on paper, image 8" x 8," Framed 15.5" x 15.5"
Oil on paper, image 8" x 8," Framed 15.5" x 15.5"
"Back Up and Through"
Oil on paper, image 8" x 8," Framed 15.5" x 15.5"
Oil on paper, image 8" x 8," Framed 15.5" x 15.5"
"All Together"
Oil on paper, image 8" x 8"
Oil on paper, image 8" x 8"
"Ink Monotypes"
Image approximately 9" x 6," Matted 12" x 10"—15 images
Image approximately 9" x 6," Matted 12" x 10"—15 images
Archive 2022:
The Process Story of "A Solitary Spruce"
Heath Study Images, I—XII"
Ink monotype and pencil on 300 lb. paper 3” to 5”
Ink monotype and pencil on 300 lb. paper 3” to 5”
Additional Oils on Paper & Monoprints in the Exhibit:
A Single Spruce"
Oil on 300 lb. paper
Image 8”x 8”
Oil on 300 lb. paper
Image 8”x 8”
"A Tangle of Spruce"
Oil on 300 lb. paper
Image 8”x 8”
Oil on 300 lb. paper
Image 8”x 8”
"Haze Creeping In"
Oil on 300 lb. paper, image 8”x 8” SOLD
Oil on 300 lb. paper, image 8”x 8” SOLD
"Night Falls"
Oil on 300 lb. paper, image 8”x 8”
Oil on 300 lb. paper, image 8”x 8”
"Heath Color"
Oil on 300 lb. paper, image 12”x 12”
Oil on 300 lb. paper, image 12”x 12”