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Artist Exhibitions:
Ondarte Akumal Mexico July
2011
"DOGMA" solo exhibition
February 16 to March 5 2011
Gallery Aloft, Sydney
Australia
July 2010 MIRA (Martignano
International Residency for
Artists), Palazzo Palmieri,
Martignano Italy
December 2009 Anonymous Art
Show CityScape Artspace North
Vancouver Canada
December 2006 PCL
Exhibitionists Sydney
Australia
June 18 through August ...
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Artist Galleries:
I am currently looking for a
gallery in Australia and
overseas
www.cathrynmcewen.com
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Collections:
Print and Drawing Council of
Canada 1980
S Israel New York
J & J McCarthy Sydney
Australia
V & R Tait Sydney Australia
T Tanabe BC Canada
D & N Bennett Sydeny Australia
V & N Cunningham -Smith
Australia
E Doddrell Sydney Australia
E Magee Blackheath NSW
Australia
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Commissions:
D & M O'Connor , Perth, WA,
Australia
V Cunningham Smith,
Wollongong, NSW Australia
C & L Gavel, Vancouver B.C.
Canada
C & P Minos. Toronto, Ont
Canada
J & C Ebbert, Toronto, Ont
Canada
P & R Chmiel, Melbourne, Vic,
Australia
P & B Jardine, Ottawa, Ont
Canada
H Chinn, Sydney, NSW,
Australia...
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Artist Statement for Cathryn Mc Ewen
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Cathryn's images create an arresting and often emotional response from the viewer. We are witnessing and connecting with an intimate moment in time as in photographic imagery, but because the images are translated into paintings and drawings they have a hyperreality about them. There is a sense of humour in some, and a mystery in others. Personalities emerge through clever cropping, atmosphere and distortion.
I have always been interested in extending photographic imagery into a painted or drawn image and translated through a variety of media. Over the past 2 decades I have been exploring body language and movement in order to invite the viewer to relate to figures, animals and other subjects in a unique way. Close-ups combined with distorted perspective and tight cropping, allow for an intriguing deeper emotional connection with the subject.
Currently I am working on a series of figurative oil paintings which attempt to explore the dualities of ‘potential’ hidden psyches incorporated through the use of distorted reflections in water and through the use of shadows. I am interested in the idea of expressing an alter ego within a figurative representation, perhaps to reveal an underlying ‘darker’ side, or a hidden trait or association, or even a truer ‘self’." The surface of the water also enhances particular emotions expressed in various gestures.
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