OWL Art Gallery- Recent Work- Acrylic, Plaster and Concrete by Michael Quadland

From September 3- October 24, 2014, the Oliver Wolcott Library will exhibit recent work by Michael Quadland in the art gallery. The opening reception is on Thursday, September 4, 2014 from 5:00- 7:00 p.m.
 
LITCHFIELD, Conn. - Aug. 22, 2014 - PRLog -- Michael Quadland majored in art at Dartmouth, where he graduated with distinction in studio work. Wary of a career in art, he went on to receive a Ph.D. in psychology from New York University and a Master of Public Health degree from Yale.

  In his art, as he did in his novels and psychotherapy practice, Michael focuses on the expression of emotion.  One of the things he enjoys most about painting is the process of putting feelings into visual form, having depended on words for so many years, professionally.  He has chosen a nonobjective format as a way to maximize imagination and projection, using abstract forms and evocative colors in layered surfaces.  It is difficult for anyone seeing his work not to respond with some sort of feeling.  The layers and traces of his paintings contain secrets, he says, that can be revealed to the viewer over time. In this way, the work retains interest, is perpetually new.

  In this “Recent Work” series at Oliver Wolcott Library, Michael’s painting assumes the feeling, texture and dimensionality of sculpture or architecture. Indeed, it seems to straddle the line between these disciplines and painting.  Metallic surfaces appear to have been cast eons ago, or to have been torn from a demolished building, the metal having corroded into rough and gritty surfaces, evoking a long, arduous, even mysterious past.  His website at michaelquadland.com.

  In the gallery: September 3- October 24. Reception- Thursday, September 4, from 5:00- 7:00 p.m. at the Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street, Litchfield, CT. 06759. 860-567-8030. www.owlibrary.org.

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