THE PAINTINGS~Martha's Vineyard 2000
"This new series of paintings are the fulfillment of a winter turning into spring. As I have painted I carry with me the ever present knowledge that I am painting my homeland, I am painting the indelible relationship I have with this luminous land and sea that constantly reinvent themselves. At times I look back and reflect on the formidable journey that brought me here. It was necessary travel that has prepared me for my life's work. These paintings are a celebration."
The land and sea of Martha's Vineyard are distilled into Richard Casey's paintings. A year round resident of the island where he lives with his wife and daughter, Mr. Casey's strong sense of place is essential to his life as an artist. On long, reclusive treks throughout the island, he slowly discovers the visceral energy that he seeks to bring into his work.
Coming from a tradition of painting out of doors, he once set a 40" x 60" panel on a rock at the edge of the ocean, and in seclusion battled the tides and winds for more than a month. "Getting this immediate experience of living with the land is meaningful to me. I have to get through all the layers to get close enough to hear the heartbeat of the landscape. To lean against the core of what I'm trying to paint so that I breathe the very breath that it releases."
Exhibitions
Philadelphia Museum of Arts and Sciences
Gennesee Museum
Denver Museum
Collections
Anheiser-Busch Collection
Randolph Hearst Publishing Collection
Bank of Florida
Seattle Seahawks
Coors Collection
and many other private collections throughout the U.S. and Canada
Galleries
Carl Battaglia, New York, New York
The King Gallery, New York, New York
Pacific Galleries, San Francisco, California
The Granary Gallery, West Tisbury, MA
Book
Twelve Modern Masters of Bird Painting
