tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617740583088065264.post6715128265536065371..comments2019-04-17T07:35:43.044-04:00Comments on Rainbarrow Studio: Rusted Roof (oil on canvas 2010)Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13268421565768491579noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617740583088065264.post-90751821926729431442010-06-01T22:30:01.531-04:002010-06-01T22:30:01.531-04:00Thank you for your kind words, Laura. Richard Shee...Thank you for your kind words, Laura. Richard Sheehan had a huge impact on me when I first saw his work as an undergraduate at Holy Cross back in 1984 and it continues to inspire me. His strong formal, yet always inventive, compositions, the strong sense of light, especially at those times of day when the shadows are longest, and his wonderful textural application of the paint are all aspects of his work which I admire tremendously and are elements that have always been important to me in my own work. Above all, though, his mastery of color, his ability to create these wonderful symphonies of near-neutral colors, which can tend to be highly volatile in a picture, and then accent them with very high-key, saturated colors, is something that I may spend my entire life aspiring to. I was very disappointed that I was unable to get down to Boston to see the recent retrospective of his work. I have had the benefit of seeing some of his paintings in person at the home of my friend and former drawing/printmaking teacher and in person, his work has a power and austerity that is difficult to capture in a reproduction. I was very sad to hear that he had passed away at such a young age.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13268421565768491579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1617740583088065264.post-89781340198747198732010-06-01T11:22:06.020-04:002010-06-01T11:22:06.020-04:00This is a very strong painting, about my favorite....This is a very strong painting, about my favorite. I can see why you enjoy Richard Sheehan's work despite the difference in subject matter.laura viehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14285090891322977222noreply@blogger.com