William McCarthy
"Each of my luminous and mysterious images of trees against sky, field, and river evoke a subtle variation of light
and atmosphere. The arrangement of the trees-whether standing in solitude or in pairs or in large groupings
seem at once inevitable and yet surprising, formal yet accidental. All of these paintings are comprised from
memory, imagination and thumbnail sketches from my basement studio in my home in Connecticut.
I work on wood board, paper and canvas using several layers of gesso before priming the surface with cadmium red
base, a quick sketch using charcoal is used to layout the design then the paint is applied.
I work in layers using thinned down oil color, building on these layers with glazing techniques the colors are adjusted
and brought up to completion before final coats of varnish are applied.
Light has come to play an important part, and when I look back over this body of work,
I feel it speaks about spiritual places, places that contain a quiet inner light,
radiating an ethereal whisper, the places we see every day."
William McCarthy
"Evening Sets" Oil on canvas 20X16
Summer" Oil on canvas 24X24
For more information on William McCarthy and a full collection of his work currently available
please Contact Polonaise Art Gallery.