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X-WR-CALNAME:Into the Light: Works by Sean McCusker
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LOCATION:12 Dodds Lane\nRehoboth Beach DE 19971
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SUMMARY:Into the Light: Works by Sean McCusker
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DESCRIPTION:Living in the quiet town of Becket\, MA\, Sean McCusker has dev
 eloped a\nkinship with the solitude of the hilly landscape around him. Foc
 using\nthis in his artwork he develops striking surreal landscapes full of
 \ncolor and mystery. The subjects of his paintings\, although abstract\,\n
 are reminiscent of the lone hero from film\; confidently standing\nagainst
  the world yet yearning for the security of a home just over\nthe horizon.
  Sean’s paintings are made up of roughly thirty thin\,\ntransparent laye
 rs\, each one adding complexity. As the layers are\ncarefully worked up th
 e composition’s forms and colors become more\ncontrasted\, more dramatic
 . The translucent layers create a glowing\ncomposition of dark shadows sus
 pended in light. The landscapes he\ncreates are surreal constructs — a s
 tage\, rather than\nrepresentations of a specific place. Like the masked a
 ctors in a Greek\ndrama\, the characters and objects in his work are emoti
 onal\narchetypes. Using intense oil colors in a layered technique suitable
 \nfor objective realism\, he has developed a painting style that attempts\
 nto depict emotion as a solid object. Many of Sean’s paintings center\na
 round a single figure set against a vast empty space. The light\nilluminat
 ing the darkness is always just out of the figure’s reach.\nSometimes th
 e light source is the sun or moon\, though most of the time\nit is ambiguo
 us. The meaning of each element depends on the placement\nand interaction 
 it has with the rest of the landscape. The sun and\nmoon often stand as se
 ntinels against the darkness. The figures sit\,\nsilently contemplating th
 eir situation. These meanings change from\npainting to painting. It is lef
 t to the viewer\, if they choose\, to\nimagine themselves sitting with the
  figure\, determining what situation\nit finds itself in. Venue: Rehoboth 
 Art League.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Living in the quiet town of Becket\, MA\, Sean
  McCusker has developed a kinship with the solitude of the hilly landscape
  around him. Focusing this in his artwork he develops striking surreal lan
 dscapes full of color and mystery. The subjects of his paintings\, althoug
 h abstract\, are reminiscent of the lone hero from film\; confidently stan
 ding against the world yet yearning for the security of a home just over t
 he horizon. Sean’s paintings are made up of roughly thirty thin\, transp
 arent layers\, each one adding complexity. As the layers are carefully wor
 ked up the composition’s forms and colors become more contrasted\, more 
 dramatic. The translucent layers create a glowing composition of dark shad
 ows suspended in light. The landscapes he creates are surreal constructs 
 — a stage\, rather than representations of a specific place. Like the ma
 sked actors in a Greek drama\, the characters and objects in his work are 
 emotional archetypes. Using intense oil colors in a layered technique suit
 able for objective realism\, he has developed a painting style that attemp
 ts to depict emotion as a solid object. Many of Sean’s paintings center 
 around a single figure set against a vast empty space. The light illuminat
 ing the darkness is always just out of the figure’s reach. Sometimes the
  light source is the sun or moon\, though most of the time it is ambiguous
 . The meaning of each element depends on the placement and interaction it 
 has with the rest of the landscape. The sun and moon often stand as sentin
 els against the darkness. The figures sit\, silently contemplating their s
 ituation. These meanings change from painting to painting. It is left to t
 he viewer\, if they choose\, to imagine themselves sitting with the figure
 \, determining what situation it finds itself in. Venue: Rehoboth Art Leag
 ue.
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