Irish American Artist Eilis Crean’s “Meanderspace” is a series of new abstract paintings influenced by her current environment in Georgia, memories of rural and coastal Ireland, and the interplay of nature and human migration. These abstract works are invented landscapes that allude to both wild and cultivated spaces, such as a backyard, a cliffside path, a north Atlantic headland, or semi-tropical undergrowths and canopies. The painting process involves layered broken mark making to create vibrational color, shifting the viewer's experience from recognition to sensation. “My intent is to dematerialize and rebuild observed and imagined forms, generating hybrid environments that evoke cyclical and metaphoric journeys,” says Eilis.
"Something About Leaving," acrylic & oil on canvas, 69 by 52 inches
"To Speak Of The Weather," oil on linen, 30 by 40 inches
"Suspended, Somehow," acrylic on Arches cold press watercolor paper, 30 by 22 inches, 34 by 26.5 inches framed
"Pendulum," acrylic & oil on canvas, 24 by 30 inches
"It's Been a While Since Finn Passed Here," acrylic & oil on canvas, 24 by 30 inches
"Hares' Counsel," acrylic & oil on canvas, 24 by 30 inches
"Deluge #1," oil on linen, 20 by 24 inches
"Deluge #2," oil on linen, 20 by 24 inches
"Deluge #3," oil on linen, 20 by 24 inches
"Green Deluge #2," oil on Strathmore paper on panel, 12 by 9 inches
"Signals," oil on Strathmore paper on panel, 12 by 9 inches
"Old Head," oil on linen, 40 by 30 inches
"Through Lines," oil on linen, 30 by 40 inches
"Tracing A Drifting Sun," oil on linen, 48 by 36 inches
"Unspoken Swim," oil on linen, 48 by 36 inches
"Distances," oil on Strathmore paper on panel, 12 by 9 inches
"On The Near Side," oil on Strathmore paper on panel, 12 by 9 inches
"An Ice Burned Path," oil on Strathmore oil paper on panel, 12 by 9 inches
"Volatile," oil on Strathmore paper on panel, 12 by 9 inches
"Sending Today's News," oil on Strathmore paper on panel, 12 by 9 inches
"Closeness," oil on Strathmore oil paper on panel, 12 by 9 inches
"Summer Solstice," oil on Strathmore paper on panel, 12 by 9 inches
"Reaching Even More," oil on Strathmore paper on panel, 12 by 9 inches
"Go Quietly," acrylic on Arches cold press watercolor paper, 22 by 30 inches
"Green Deluge #1," oil on Strathmore paper on panel, 12 by 19 inches
Eilis Crean is a contemporary Irish American Artist whose drawings and paintings reference the nature of time - cyclical and paused, geological and momentary, lost and seized, contemplative and purchased. Through diverse subject matter – forgotten landscapes, essential workers, remembered gatherings, her art connects with ideas of loss and celebration. She exhibits nationally and internationally including at the David J. Spencer Museum, CDC, Atlanta, Museum of Contemporary Art, Georgia (MOCA GA), Spartanburg Art Museum, SC, University of North Carolina, Red Line Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO, Hambidge Center, GA, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland, The Visual, Carlow, Ireland, Irish Consulate, Atlanta. Her work is held in public and private collections including the Irish State Collection, Latvian State Collection, French State Collection, LaGrange Museum, GA, King & Spalding (Atlanta). She is Professor Emerita of Art at University of West Georgia.
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