Boxing the Compass – A New Show at WaterWorks Gallery
Posted May 31, 2015 at 5:50 am by Tim Dustrude
Boxing the Compass – Recent Paintings
Lucky Eight, 24″ x 24″ Oil on wood panel – A painting by Melinda Hannigan
The working side of the maritime world presented as abstracted ideas painted on canvas. The partial plimsoll marker, the depth lines and the pock-marked hulls.. all these marks are the icons that Melinda translates into paintings, some real, and some created are the icons/symbols translated from the freighters, tankers and tugs of the working maritime world.
These vessels ply the seas, 24/7/365. Their hulls bear the interactions of hulls and dock, flecking paint revealing the steel hulls and the slime that clings to the waterline. Her canvases are a language where we are guided to see these marks, from a painter whose long association with this world is celebrated. This is the world of Melinda Hannigan.
Reception for the artist, Saturday June 6th 4:30 – 7:30
Gallery open Monday, Wednesday – Saturday, 10:30 – 5:30
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