🐿️ 'An exhibition of new paintings and other work by Heather McAdams sees the artist pushing forward technically while staying rooted in zaniness.' | Dmitry Samarov
, in which an impassive oversized rabbit sits as a pair of birds fly by. There’s something both wistful and funny about this picture, as if the rabbit is imagining the geese or vice versa. The question of whose dream we see and who’s doing the dreaming is a question I ask while looking at many of this artist’s images.
McAdams’s decision to try acrylics is in line with the idea of renewal by shifting gears. It’s brave for an artist so strongly identified with drawing to venture into painting of any kind. There are myriad challenges for even the most exquisite draftsperson when first picking up the brush. The level of control you are used to with a pencil or pen is almost entirely absent. Every instinct you rely on will betray you. It’s kind of like learning to pedal backwards, or maybe sideways.
Of the 21 pieces in the show, roughly half are acrylics. The rest are done with graphite, colored pencil, and other variegated media. It’s clear that with acrylics, McAdams is still feeling her way. The marks are more tentative, colors more generalized, and, in a few cases, the paintings don’t look entirely finished.
I give her a lot of credit for taking a chance rather than staying on familiar ground. Most artists, especially ones celebrated for a particular style or medium, are content to stay in their lane. If McAdams keeps painting, I have no doubt that by the time she has made enough pieces for another show, acrylic paint will be another sharp arrow in her quiver rather than the slightly awkward implement it is now.
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