The Purity of Brightness
An exhibition of Paintings by Philip Flanagan.31st May - 16th of June 2012
Kearney Bay, Co Down
The exhibition stems from numerous visits to Kearney in County Down.
In the paintings I suggest rather than describe the topography of the landscape, the paintings are a contour of my feeling or response to the setting, an inscape as opposed to a landscape.
I am using colour as a means of expression. Form and light are achieved by working over coloured grounds, patterns of colour creating energy. The strength of the colours is held in balance by structure, which emphasises their vibrancy, but resolves it into an overall calm.
The compositions create a sense of simplicity and purity, built on formal principles of firmness and balance, proportion and structure. I am interested in the plastic space of a flat plane, such as a canvas: perceived rather than real space.
There is an image from Apollinaire that conveys the beauty of light -
The window opens like an orange / the beautiful fruit of life.
Philip Flanagan 2012
Shower Passing
Acrylic on Linen
50 x 60 cm
2012
Sea Wall, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
50 x 60 cm
2012
High Tide, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
60 x 80 cm
2012
Low Tide, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
60 x 80 cm
2012
Reflected Light, Kearney
Acrylic on Board
50 x 50 cm
2012
Deep Sand, Kearney
Acrylic on Board
30 x 30 cm
2012
A Gentle Breeze, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
50 x 60 cm
2012
Across the Fields, Kearney
Acrylic on Canvas
80 x 100 cm
2012
In the Heat of the Day, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
120 x 160 cm
2012
Mid Summer, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
50 x 60 cm
2012
The Sun Shone All Day, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
50 x 60 cm
2012
Evening Heat, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
50 x 60
2012
High Tide, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
50 x 60 cm
2012
Single Cloud, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
80 x 100 cm
2012
Spring Shower, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
80 x 100 cm
2012
Lying on the Beach All Day, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
30 x 30 cm
2012
Distant Cloud, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
60 x 80 cm
2012
Mid Day, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
80 x 100 cm
2012
Warm Day, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
80 x 100 cm
2012
Looking for Seals, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
50 x 60 cm
2012
AWall of Seaweed Sweating in the Sun, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
120 x 160 cm
2012
The Sea Stayed on the Horizon, Kearney
Acrylic on Linen
150 x 220 cm
2012
© All images copyright Philip Flanagan 2012
