Once Upon a Time

Cerulean Arts is pleased to present Once Upon a Time, featuring work by RA Friedman, Barbara Mimnaugh and Claire Owen.  The three artists offer a contemporary take on narrative art, at times humorous, lyrical and perplexing.  Working with pinhole photography, Friedman “paints with light, the long exposures capturing the choreographed movement of his tungsten bulb.  Evocative compositions of the human figure within the space imply a story but remain enigmatic.  The cast of characters within Mimnaugh’s oil on canvas paintings are both amusing and sometimes disconcerting.  Her abiding interest is the engagement of the human figure in the small events of life.  Owen explores the theme of humans’ relationship to the animal world in her oil on panel paintings.  She seeks to present aspects of traditional pictorial illustration as it may exist outside of an illustrated storybook using bright unmixed color with crisp detail.  

Once Upon a Time Tour & Talk



Friedman, Hide and Seek, archival pigment print, 16.5" x 21.5"  


Friedman, The Procuress, archival pigment print, 16.5" x 21.5" 


Friedman, Ladies Night, archival pigment print, 16.5" x 21.5"  


Friedman, Remains of the Day, archival pigment print, 16.5" x 21.5"  


Friedman, Magic Lantern, archival pigment print, 16.5" x 21.5"  


Friedman, Untitled 1, archival pigment print, 3.25" x 4.25"  


Friedman, Untitled 2, archival pigment print, 3.25" x 4.25"  


Friedman, Untitled 3, archival pigment print, 3.25" x 4.25"  


Friedman, Untitled 4, archival pigment print, 3.25" x 4.25" 


Barbara Mimnaugh, Lost Child, oil on canvas, 36" x 29"  


Barbara Mimnaugh, Satyrs and Nymphs, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 30"  


Barbara Mimnaugh, Adam Returns, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 36"  


Barbara Mimnaugh, Toward Home, acrylic on canvas, 30" x 30"  


Barbara Mimnaugh, Disorder, acrylic on canvas, 24" x 36"  

Claire Owen, She Wore His Face, oil on panel, 24" x 20"  

Claire Owen, The Thing In the Forest, oil on panel, 20" x 24"  


Claire Owen, Peter Was Taken By the Owl, oil on panel, 20" x 24"   


Claire Owen, Bedtime, oil on panel, 22" x 24"  


Claire Owen, The Falconer's Wife, oil on panel, 24" x 20"  


Claire Owen, Swallows Nested In Her Hair, oil on panel, 24" x 18"  


Claire Owen, Dream By the Lake, oil on panel, 18" x 24"