What the Water Does


Cerulean Arts is pleased to present What the Water Does, featuring recent work by Kellyann Monaghan and Sarah Roche. The artists have a long-time connection begun in art school, often painting side by side at the water’s edge, most recently on a trip to the coast of Ireland.  Influenced by the urgency of the discussion of climate change, Monaghan has increasingly been focusing on dramatic weather events in her paintings and monoprints, tapping into feelings of anxiety and awe inspired by the natural world.  Sharing these concerns, Roche is drawn to return to specific places that serve as touchstones.  Practicing watercolor and oil, she responds to the changeable qualities of the environment.  The exhibition is the result of two friends’ meditation on the elemental force of nature inherent in the power of water. 

 
Roche, Seaside Park, watercolor, 4" x 10"  SOLD 

 
Roche, What the Water Does, watercolor, 10" x 14"  

 
Roche, Seaside Squall, watercolor, 19" x 15"  

 
Roche, Seaside Storm, 19" x 15"  

 
Monaghan, A Red Flag, monotype, 11" x 14"  

 
Monaghan, Wave and Verrazano Bridge, monotype, 11" x 14"  Available 

 
Monaghan, Wave and Pier, monotype, 9" x 12"  

 
Monaghan, Verrazano Bridge and Waves, oil on panel, 11" x 14"   

 
Monaghan, Wave and Dock, oil on panel, 11" x 14"  Available 

 
Monaghan, Highway, Waves and Car, oil on panel, 11" x 14"   

 
Monaghan, Storm Waves and Car, oil on panel, 11" x 14"   

 
Monaghan, Flooded House and Telephone Wires, monotype, 11" x 14"  
 
 
Monaghan, Flooded House and Telephone Wires, oil on panel, 10" x 22"  

 
Monaghan, Flooded House and Clothes Line, oil on panel, 12" x 24"   

 
Monaghan, Flooded Chapel, monotype, 9" x 12"  

 
Roche, Penn Treaty Storm, watercolor, 19" x 15"  

 
Roche, Wissahickon, watercolor, 10" x 14"  

 
Roche, The Glen, watercolor, 10" x 14"  Available  

 
Roche, The Spot, watercolor, 10" x 14"  SOLD 

 
Roche, Bridge at the Glen, oil on panel, 20" x 12"  

 
Roche, Railroad Bridge, watercolor, 4" x 10"  Available 

 
Roche, Cedar Water, watercolor, 4" x 10"  SOLD 

 
Roche, Green River, watercolor, 15" x 19"  

 
Roche, Slea Head, Dingle, oil on panel, 12" x 16"  

 
Monaghan, Blasket Island, oil on panel, 12" x 16" 

 
Monaghan, Clothier Head Beach II, oil on panel, 12" x 16"  

 
Roche, Slea Head, Dingle, oil on panel, 16" x 12"  

 
Monaghan, Clothier Head Beach I, oil on panel, 11" x 14"  

 
Roche, Blasket Islands, watercolor, 10" x 14"  

 
Roche, Slea Head, watercolor, 10" x 14" 


Monaghan, Brandon's Creek and Boat, oil on panel, 14" x 11"