Elemental
Heather McMordie, Kellyann Monaghan, Peter Quarracino & Michael Rossman
October 2 - 27, 2024
Elemental Virtual Tour & Talk
Cerulean Arts is pleased to present Elemental, an exhibition focused on the classical elements of earth, fire, water and air, as seen in a contemporary context. Inspired by geomorphology, Heather McMordie uses printmaking to explore the complexities of soil systems. Often recycling and combining her drawings and prints, she slowly re-shapes them, just as nature continually erodes and renews. Kellyann Monaghan’s expressive paintings are a personal, visceral response to our current world. Fire and ephemeral smoke are depicted and transformed through the physicality of paint and brushstrokes. Her lush and beautiful surfaces contrast with the destructive events depicted. For Peter Quarracino, the texture and consistency of oil paint enables him to express water’s fluidity, movement, depth of color, light and reflections. The absence of landscape context immerses the viewer into the painting’s fluid space. Michael Rossman’s graphite drawings of storms reflect his observation and awe in the face of atmospheric conditions that are both destructive and restorative. The subject gives way to a layered density of marks, revealing the formal complexity and kinetic energy released when opposing forces collide.
Heather McMordie, Below, Above (41° 42’ 42.27” N, 71° 17’ 20.19” W, Distichlis spicata), print, 11" x 15" SOLD
Heather McMordie, Below, Above (41° 42’ 41.75” N, 71° 17’ 22.11” W , Iva frutscens), print, 11" x 15" Available
Heather McMordie, Below, Above (41° 42’ 41.38” N, 71° 17’ 26.17” W , Spartina alterniflora), print, 11" x 15" Available
Heather McMordie, Below, Above (41° 42’ 41.93” N, 71° 17’ 23.66” W , Spartina patens), print, 11" x 15" Available
Heather McMordie, Below, Above (41° 42’ 41.73” N, 71° 17’ 14.11” W , Phragmites), print, 11" x 15" Available
Heather McMordie, Below, Above (41° 42’ 40.57” N, 71° 17’ 27.55” W , Limonium carolinianum), print, 11" x 15" Available
Heather McMordie, Below, Above (41° 42’ 40.8” N, 71° 17’ 21.3” W, Baccharis halimifolia), print, 11" x 15" Available
Kellyann Monaghan, Controlled Burn, oil on panel, 11" x 14" Available
Kellyann Monaghan, Controlled Burn Nocturne, 11" x 14" Available
Kellyann Monaghan, Pink Cloud, oil on panel, 11" x 14" Available
Kellyann Monaghan, Lava Flow and Water, oil on panel, 11" x 14" Available
Kellyann Monaghan, Lava Flow and Water II, oil on panel, 18" x 24" Available
Kellyann Monaghan, Light Through the Haze, oil on panel, 11" x 14" Available
Kellyann Monaghan, Something on the Horizon, oil on panel, 11" x 14" Available
Kellyann Monaghan, Billowing, oil on paper on panel, 22" x 30" Available
Michael Rossman, Ten Thousand Storms #53, graphite & metal point, 12" diameter Available
Michael Rossman, Ten Thousand Storms #55 at High Rock, graphite & metal point, 12" diameter Available
Michael Rossman, Ten Thousand Storms #57, graphite & metal point, 12" diameter Available
Michael Rossman, Sinbar 1, graphite & metal point, 14.25" x 10" Available
Michael Rossman, Sinbar 2, graphite & metal point, 14.25" x 10" Available
Michael Rossman, Sinbar 3, graphite & metal point, 8" diameter Available
Michael Rossman, Sinbar 4, graphite & metal point, 8" diameter Available
Peter Quarracino, After the Rain, oil on canvas, 20" x 30" Available
Peter Quarracino, Black Hull Reprise, oil on canvas, 20" x 24" Available
Peter Quarracino, Blue Harbor, oil on canvas, 20" x 24" Available
Peter Quarracino, No Wake No. 3, oil on canvas, 12" x 12" SOLD
Peter Quarracino, Voodoo Wind, oil on canvas, 30" x 40" Available
Peter Quarracino, Winter in the Meadows, oil on canvas, 24" x 24" Available