Rhythms And Radiance
Rhythms and Radiance, 24 x 17 oil painting by Melody Phaneuf
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Light and Glass are exquisite playmates. Sometimes bending, sometimes bouncing, light penetrates glass and splashes color like liquid. I recall the exhilarating experience of standing in a ray of blue light from a towering rose window the first time I visited Chartres Cathedral in France. It is easy to understand how souls are transported in such magnificent structures, bathed in colored light.
It is exhilarating to paint the effects of tinged illumination. The blown-glass bottle in Rhythms And Radiance intrigues me. The hand finish is irregular and highlights suggested a flame pattern, like a bonfire or a phoenix rising. It called out for feathers, which established the rest of the color scheme. Amber reflections vibrate in cast shadows. The lyrical pattern in the shelf supports the pulsating movement of the composition.
Rhythms And Radiance, 17 x 24 oil painting by Melody Phaneuf
Rhythms And Radiance is available in open edition print and notecards.
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Boston Artist, Melody Phaneuf is well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury Street; at Fenway Studios, Boston by appointment; and North Shore Art in Gloucester from May through October. Phaneuf ‘s paintings have been exhibited at The National Arts Club in New York City, Galerie Herouet in Paris, and with Art du Monde, in Japan.
Melody The Artist Home, founded with photographer and color specialist, Martha DiMeo, features Phaneuf’s original oil paintings on tumbled marble tile murals and beverage coasters, fine art prints, and handmade note cards.
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