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BARBARA McLEAN

ABSTRACT PAINTINGS
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Process
Large abstracts frequently begin with bold gestural strokes and drippy washes. After the initial spontaneous start, each painting is evaluated from a distance and over a period of time. Then the layering begins. Adjustments are made to composition, colour and texture, building, changing and refining until a satisfactory finish is achieved. This can take months or years. I start fast and finish slowly. I like to keep several paintings on the go in my studio and when I get stuck on one I move to another. This often means a change from high colour pieces to ones in quiet grays, blacks and white. I like that. It keeps my mind and way of working flexible. It helps maintain my interest.



Picture
The finished painting is on view in the dining room of Parklands: At The Gardens, ​College St. Halifax 

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​ART EDUCATION
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BFA, NSCAD University
Certificate of Design, Sheridan College


TEACHING:
Barbara has taught painting classes and workshops for the extension division of NSCAD University and other art organizations across Nova Scotia. Most recently, during Covid, she taught several online abstract classes through Visual Art Gallery.

Solo and Co-Exhibits (recent)
  • 2019, MIXING IT UP, co-exhibit with Jennie Carton, Peer Gallery, Lunenburg, NS
  • 2019, FOR NOW, SFX University Gallery, Antigonish, NS
  • 2017, TIMELINES, Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, NS
  • 2017, NOT JUST BLACK AND WHITE, co-exhibit with glass artist Anke Holm Peer Gallery, Lunenburg, NS
  • 2015, DRAWNOUT,  co-exhibit with Susan Hudson,
                Peer Gallery, Lunenburg, NS
  • 2014, GROUNDSHIFT EXPANDED, City of St. John, Art Gallery, NB
  • 2013, GROUNDSHIFT, Peer Gallery, Lunenburg, NS
  • 2013, A co-exhibit with stone sculptor, Heather Lawson, Harvest Gallery, Wolfville, NS
  • 2022 co-exhibit with Bradley Wiseman, Peer Gallery, Lunenburg





Solo and Co-Exhibits (past)
  • 2012, BARBARA MCLEAN, NEW WORK, Peer Gallery, Lunenburg, NS
  • 2012, ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES, Harvest Gallery, Wolfville, NS
  • 2012, MARKERS AND TRACINGS, ARTsPLACE, Annapolis Royal, NS
  • 2011, OLD GROUND/NEW GROUND, Peer Gallery, Lunenburg, NS
  • 2010, CHANCE AND CIRCUMSTANCE, Atlantic School of Theology Gallery, Halifax, NS
  • 2010, ABSTRACT LANDSCAPES, Teichert  Gallery, Halifax, NS
  • 2009, PASSAGES, Craig Gallery, Dartmouth, NS
  • 2009, DESCRIBING LANDSCAPE, Peer Gallery, Lunenburg, NS
  • 2007, IINTRINSIC WORTH, Peer Gallery, Lunenburg, NS
  • 2005, MIXED METAPHOR, Itaewan, Korea



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