A PORTFOLIO BY MARGRET WADE

About The Artist

Margret Wade is a classically trained artist with a desire to translate the beauty of the natural world into her art. As an alumna of The Art Institute of Chicago, Margret uses oil paints to create dramatic scenes of the local scenery and powerfully realistic still lifes. As an avid gardener, it is no surprise that she takes sanctuary in the wide-open spaces of her home state California.
Margret has made numerous trips up the California coast line with the goal of painting and documenting the varied scenery of the landscape throughout the seasons. She finds the Eastern Sierras exceptionally interesting for the wide range of scenery created at elevations above 10,000 feet, from the yellow spring flowers to the snowy whitecapped mountains and glacial lakes all existing simultaneously as seen in this show. She finds herself inspired by the patterns, light, and rhythms found in the beauty of the natural world.

Stillness and Movement

The first solo exhibition by artist Margret Wade, Stillness and Movement is a study on the contrast of the natural world as it appears. Her use of oil on canvas creates a rich and remarkable world in which light dances off highly rendered still lifes and rolling landscapes. The show is about her travels through California since moving here from Chicago in the early 90s. While the still lifes were conceived before her move, the landscapes explore her growing love for the state as her travels within it inspired her to capture the varied scenery.
The artist finds herself captivated by the act of trying to encapsulate a moment in time while marveling at the simplicity of the natural world. The highly rendered still lifes of the show contrast with the rolling landscapes, which offer more freedom of color and brushwork, creating a new challenge for the artist and the viewer to explore the stillness and movement of light.

Landscapes

Studies

Still Lifes

Contact Information

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