March 2021
‘You Can Stay’ is a self-produced exhibition of twelve paintings that I made while living in the mountains of Montana in during the first year of the pandemic. The title of the collection evokes the gentle invitation of Nature in this time of turmoil and isolation: a communion with a natural rhythm...a belonging.
Please inquire for exhibition catalog : studio@alainasullivan.com
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‘You Can Stay’ is a self-produced exhibition of twelve paintings that I made while living in the mountains of Montana in during the first year of the pandemic. The title of the collection evokes the gentle invitation of Nature in this time of turmoil and isolation: a communion with a natural rhythm...a belonging.
I’ve returned to a richness of color and composition in this body of work, painting with gouache and acrylic on linen. In this wild, boundless setting, the expansiveness and quality of light touches the spiritual. My art nods toward the natural world with an expression and energy beyond representation. Here, color and gesture braid an intimate abstraction, dashing at the pace of light and wind. Reaching beyond the canvas, my inquiry is physical: How does the natural world—its color, its vibration, its sublimity, its transition—feel? How can I come back to this wildness in my body? The work is emotive, intuitive, and primal. My process is threaded with a spontaneity that limits me from lingering too long in my mind. It becomes a dance of looking and feeling, which lands gently in being. Through the veins of light and color, I hope the work can illuminate shifting energy—in a space, and perhaps in your own body, as a viewer.
Please inquire for exhibition catalog : studio@alainasullivan.com
Swallowing Dusk, 2021
Gouache & acrylic on linen
18 x 24 / 19 x 25 x 2 in
Private Collection
Resilience, 2020
Gouache on linen
12 x 16 / 13 x 17 x 2 in
SOLD
One Left, 2020
Gouache on linen
16 x 20 / 17 x 21 x 2 in
Private Collection
Quaking Aspen, 2020
Gouache on linen
12 x 16 / 13 x 17 x 2 in
SOLD
The Shadows Come Sooner, 2020
Gouache on linen
12 x 16 / 13 x 17 x 2 in
SOLD
A Veiled Breath, 2020
Gouache & acrylic on linen
16 x 20 / 17 x 21 x 2 in
SOLD
The Green Never Fades, 2021
Gouache & acrylic on linen
16 x 20 / 17 x 21 x 2 in
SOLD
Did You Feel the Moss?, 2021
Gouache & acrylic on linen
16 x 20 / 17 x 21 x 2 in
SOLD
Softest Landing, 2021
Gouache & acrylic on linen
16 x 20 / 17 x 21 x 2 in
SOLD
Alpine Honesty, 2020
Gouache on linen
12 x 16 / 13 x 17 x 2 in
SOLD
How Many Layers Did You Wear?, 2020
Gouache on linen
12 x 16 / 13 x 17 x 2 in
SOLD
Stoic Pine, 2021
Gouache & acrylic on linen
22 x 28 / 23 x 29 x 2 in
Private Collection
Details
Each painting in this collection is original to the artist and is finished with a custom, natural maple frame.
For more information about these works, additional images, or to inquire about the availability of a piece, please email studio@alainasullivan.com.
‘You Can Stay’ was produced and photographed by Alaina in Big Sky, MT in February 2021.
Each painting in this collection is original to the artist and is finished with a custom, natural maple frame.
For more information about these works, additional images, or to inquire about the availability of a piece, please email studio@alainasullivan.com.
‘You Can Stay’ was produced and photographed by Alaina in Big Sky, MT in February 2021.