The Mayor's Gallery work by Maureen Renahan Krinsley
Abstract landscapes inspired by memories and experiences from travel. Multi media work on paper; acrylics, photography, computer graphics,
Posted Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 6:04 pm ET
The Mayor's Gallery presents Information: 203 858 3082
Maureen Renahan Krinsley, "FLOW IN LIGHT"
Abstract landscapes inspired by memories and experiences from travel.
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Multi media work on paper; acrylics, photography, computer graphics, pastel
and encaustic wax.
May 2 – June 27, 2016
Reception: Tuesday, May 17 from 6 – 8:30 pm
888 Washington Blvd, 10th fl Stamford, CT 06901 handicap accessible
In this dramatic body of work Maureen Renahan Krinsley, trained as a painter, combines the media of acrylic paint, photography, computer graphics, pastels and encaustic wax. The work builds on the associations of memory and experience and has been inspired by travel and impressions of different cultures and landscapes. Her intention is to convey emotional reactions to a particular place. She is very interested in the concept of flow. In her cloud and sea series she is very much concerned with light and its' constant change and effect on the land, water and cloudscapes. She works in all sizes, from 4 x 6 inches to 5 foot canvases. All her work is archival, using watercolor, print paper or canvas. The abstract landscapes have been created to view singly, or in complementary groupings of two, three or four, based on their interrelations of form and color.
As a part time resident of Tortola and Martha's Vineyard she created a large body of work related to her visceral response to each of the islands.
"I am very interested in the many ways the sea transforms us. I have spent a lot of time at the sea. Earlier in my life I spent the summer in Martha's Vineyard at my husbands' family home. We now spend a good deal of time in the BVI at our home, which faces the sea. I study the sea and watching it transforms me. It is forceful, calm. It is mysterious, pellucid, opaque. It is roaring, churning. It is still, calm, and clear. It is flamboyant and seeping of color. It is gray. It is merciless. It is sublime. It is giving. I am transfixed. The range of color, light and motion in the sea express the evocative feeling of landscape. I hope to express the sensation of the sea and its' metaphor of the transformation of energy in the pared down forms of my work."
Maureen Renahan Krinsley received her undergraduate degree from Skidmore College in art and her Master's degree from Pratt Institute. Her work is in both private and corporate collections. Recently Stamford Hospital acquired seven paintings for the new building planned to open next year. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally and has been an artist member on the Board of Directors of The Silvermine Guild of Artists and The New York Society of Woman Artists. She has also received numerous awards from esteemed leaders in the art world.