Spirit, Garden, and Woodsie

Brian McPartlon

Acrylic paintings
2019-2021

Since his first exhibition, as a teen, at the Oak Room Gallery in 1965 in Schenectady, New York, Brian McPartlon has honed his skills with acrylics, watercolor, oils, pastels and mixed media sculpture. In 1973, he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute. In 1975, he founded and directed the 63 Bluxome Street Gallery in San Francisco, California. McPartlon's technique seeks to present true depth of field through layers of shapes and colors. His process includes staining, pouring and spraying, and a diverse set of brushes from a traditional 6” house painting brush to palm fronds, cacti, animal bone fragments and his fingers. A single painting may take him ten minutes or over 40 years to complete. The large bold canvases can be ominous, antagonizing, invigorating and breathtaking.

The range of colors and depth of each of McPartlon’s works evoke powerful reactions from viewers. Observers of his works struggle to not touch the textures or crawl into the portals that exist in the layers of his paintings.

Brian McPartlon

Brian McPartlon attended the School of Visual Arts, New York and the San Francisco Art Institute. After graduation in 1973, McPartlon was involved with impromptu art shows in the evolving South of Market art scene in San Francisco and was Director of 63 Bluxome gallery.

For decades, he has run a successful roofing business in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He continues to paint every day. Exhibitions include Pie Projects, Santa Fe, NM and the International Art Museum of America, San Francisco, CA. Press: LandEscape Art Review, London; Magazine 43/Berlin, Hong Kong, Manila; Dream Noir; Arkana; and Pasatiempo/Santa Fe New Mexico.

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