Sally Cleveland

Standing Still

Showing September 5-27, 2008

Sally Cleveland presents a group of smaller oils that focus on the urban landscape. Apart from a small group of landscapes, most are city scenes of car repair shops, laundromats, parking lots, etc. Cleveland continues to make effective use of the drawn line enriched with strokes of color. Even working loosely she can convincingly render reflections and material surfaces, striking a nice balance between careful observation and the looser color work.

Intimate in scale, these works visually transcend their size, owing to the artist’s confident brushstrokes and compositions. While maintaining the literal depiction of her subject, Cleveland often hints at a predilection for formalism. The elegant simplicity of these compositions complements the complexity of her palette and fidelity to her subject. Her work is represented in numerous public and private collections including the Fine Arts Museum of the South, the Tacoma Art Museum, and the Prudential collection.

• Previous Exhibitions: New Paintings, March 2007; New Paintings, February 2005; New Paintings, January 2004

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