<![CDATA[BARBARA MCLEAN, paintings - FRESH PAINT]]>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 05:59:42 -0300Weebly<![CDATA[WORK UNDERWAY]]>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 15:25:11 GMThttps://www.barbaramcleanpaintings.com/fresh-paint/work-underwayAfter years of working almost completely abstractly, I have returned to my roots, abstract landscape for a refresher. I am sure that more abstract work will be forthcoming but for now, I am enjoying revisiting granitic outcrops and sea bluffs along with other compelling landscapes. The two image below are only underway and not complete, but I am having fun again. Both are acrylic with coffee. Stay tuned!
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]]><![CDATA[IN FULL COLOUR a new exhibition of my work at Peer Gallery, Lunenburg]]>Thu, 09 May 2024 13:39:10 GMThttps://www.barbaramcleanpaintings.com/fresh-paint/in-full-colour-a-new-exhibition-of-my-work-at-peer-gallery-lunenburg
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]]><![CDATA[from the beginning]]>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 18:15:45 GMThttps://www.barbaramcleanpaintings.com/fresh-paint/from-the-beginningTo ensure quality surfaces on which to work, I build my own canvases. This is time consuming but I can create any size I want and feel sure that the canvas will stand up to my sometimes rigorous work processes. First I cut my pine stock to size, then glue, screw and reinforce the stretcher. Last the canvas is cut from my roll and stretched tought over the frame. Then it's ready for paint.
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The canvases are then laid on the floor or hung on the wall where they get initial washes. It takes a good day for this stage to dry. In these images, on my floor are two matching canvases, 30 inches by 20 inches which will become a diptych and on my wall is a 48 inch by 36 inch start for a larger piece that will become LYRICAL LINES.

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The finished works: 1) Diptych, FRESH, acrylic, 30 x 40; 2) LYRICAL LINES, acrylic, 36 x 48

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]]><![CDATA[RETHINK!]]>Fri, 24 Mar 2023 18:34:48 GMThttps://www.barbaramcleanpaintings.com/fresh-paint/rethinkOne of the things that I have discovered since covid changed our lives is that it is next to impossible to find good quality paint in anything but tubes, and I could go through a tube in a day. None of the suppliers that I have used in the past carry quality acrylics in jars any more - student grade, yes, but I am far beyond being satisfied with student grade paint. Besides, it's not fair to my customers. So, I have begun to work differently - a rethink. Now I am using much thinner applications of acrylic and sometimes little acrylic at all. Below are three new pieces, and I like them.
Sometimes it's good to be pushed to rethink.
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ANCIENT TIMES,  raw pigment and acrylic on canvas, 35.5" x 35.5"

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SOFT MORNING, acrylic and pencil on canvas, 36" x 48"

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EXPLORING LANDSCAPE, acrylic, charcoal and pencil, 24" x 30"

]]><![CDATA[October 02nd, 2022]]>Sun, 02 Oct 2022 19:14:57 GMThttps://www.barbaramcleanpaintings.com/fresh-paint/october-02nd-2022<![CDATA[RENEWAL: new work with Brad Wiseman at Peer Gallery]]>Sun, 02 Oct 2022 19:00:06 GMThttps://www.barbaramcleanpaintings.com/fresh-paint/renewal-new-work-with-brad-wiseman-at-peer-gallery
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]]><![CDATA[A New Online Workshop]]>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 04:00:00 GMThttps://www.barbaramcleanpaintings.com/fresh-paint/a-new-online-workshopI am pleased to be offering Part Two of Beginning Abstraction through Visual Voice Gallery. This series of classes will take place over 5 Wednesdays from 10am-noon beginning March 16th. Cost is $175.00 plus tax and registration is as indicated below.
​I am hoping that students will finish with new knowledge and an excitement about continuing their exploration of abstraction. I also hope that they will leave with the warm feeling that comes from having fun.
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]]><![CDATA[virtual workshop: Beginning Abstraction]]>Sun, 23 Jan 2022 19:02:04 GMThttps://www.barbaramcleanpaintings.com/fresh-paint/virtual-workshop-beginning-abstraction
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]]><![CDATA[A New Home]]>Mon, 27 Dec 2021 19:22:50 GMThttps://www.barbaramcleanpaintings.com/fresh-paint/a-new-home The small, gestural painting, FOR THE FUN OF IT, and the larger DRAW/PAINT/DRAW 6 are now installed in the lovely home of Kim and Mike Byrne in Chance Harbour near New Glasgow and from Mike's photos (below) I'd say they they belong there!
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]]><![CDATA[SMALL BEGINNINGS]]>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 04:00:00 GMThttps://www.barbaramcleanpaintings.com/fresh-paint/small-beginningsThis morning, Dec. 12, I finished the painting partially shown in the previous
​"wall" post: December Day.
The title of this one is: SMALL BEGINNINGS, a reference to how the smallest, most insignificant looking bits of growth (the green bits) confirm that life is irrepressible. 
The media on this work is a combination of coffee and acrylic, well sealed with a spray fixative. There is something about the richness of instant coffee on a canvas that I love, and coffee is essential in this painting.
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