Raised Ranch Solo Exhibition
(supported by The Canada Council for the Arts and The Ontario Arts Council)
Thames Art Gallery, Ontario Jan – Mar 2017
catalogue essay by Ray Cronin
serialpainting
New paintings and paintings in progress by Paul Dignan.
Fixations & Saccades
Fixations & Saccades group exhibition curated by Ivan Jurakic.
The University of Waterloo Art Gallery Sept – Oct 2016.
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April 2016
Continuation of Raised Ranch series.
Raised Ranch #11, Acrylic on birch panel, 29″ x 25″
Raised Ranch #12, Acrylic on birch panel, 48″ x 42″
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Raised Ranch #9 and Raised Ranch #10 2016
Raised Ranch #9, acrylic on birch panel, 20.5″ x 30″
Raised Ranch #10, acrylic on birch panel, 24″ x 22″
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2016 Continuation of Raised Ranch Series
Raised Ranch #7 2016
Raised Ranch #8 2016
Raised Ranch #7 2015 – 2016
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Raised Ranch Paintings
After years of using the computer as a drawing tool I decided to abandon it and return to using pencil, eraser, ruler and paper as a way of making the preparatory drawing for a painting. I also made the decision to use shaped supports after realizing that when I was looking at the previous Deck or Backsplit paintings in the studio I was constantly imagining what they would look like with particular sections/areas removed.
Raised Ranch #1 Acrylic on panel 22″ x 22″
Raised Ranch #2 Acrylic on panel 25″ x 18″
Raised Ranch # 3 Acrylic on panel 24″ x 18″
Raised Ranch # 4 Acrylic on panel 27″ x 15″
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Backsplit Series 2015
Start of Backspilt Series. (centre and left). The darker colour now has 2 additional tints as opposed to just the one used in the Deck series (right). This additional tint was added in order to increase the spacial complexity of the paintings. The airbrushing has not been carried out yet.
Backsplit #3 2015 48″x 36″ acrylic on panel
Backsplit #2 2015 24″x 18″ acrylic on panel
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