Deluge, acrylic on panel 48h x 72w
Eleanor McGough
Name: Eleanor McGough
City/State: Minneapolis MN
Email: EFMartist@aol.com
Website: www.mnartists.org/Eleanor_
MNartist.org profile: www.mnartists.org/Eleanor_
City/State: Minneapolis MN
Email: EFMartist@aol.com
Website: www.mnartists.org/Eleanor_
MNartist.org profile: www.mnartists.org/Eleanor_
Tell me about your work? What are you currently working on? How is this different from past projects?
My paintings commingle forms from biology, textiles, maps, and geometry to convey a kaleidoscope world of interconnectedness.
Currently my focus is on large 4ft x 6ft acrylic paintings that are created on two merged panels. These works have subtle echoes of land or seascapes, and the merged panels have a reference to Asian screen paintings.
Working on this larger scale is really physically engaging and the works more easily become “a place” in my perception- as if one could disappear in to them.
The Marsh, acrylic on panel 48h x 72w
"What is Art?" is certainly too big of a question to ask here, but what do you hope your audience takes away from your art? What statement do you hope to make?
I believe art can transport people, even if only for a brief blip, into a separate realm or way of thinking.
In my own work, I hope to reveal simultaneity between the grand scale and the miniscule -- a sense of infinite interconnectedness (through reoccurring pattern) of all things.
Jettison, acrylic on panel 36h x 72w
What was the best advice given to you as an artist?
My Father, who was an architect, once told me that the path to success (however you want to define that term) as an artist is an extra long road. He said I should have perseverance above all else.
Tell me about your work space and your creative process.
My works start out with loose very randomly applied paint, and I build layers this way while intermittently slowing things down with interjections of tiny details and delicately painted line forms.
I tend to work either on the floor or a large work table, preferring for the work to be flat as I work on it, although I do end up moving the panels all around when I want to make the paint move or drip on it’s own accord. It becomes a balancing act of getting paint to do what paint does when thrown, splattered or dripped, with more deliberate and calculated decisions painted by my hand.
Aerial View III, acrylic on panel 24x24
Who are some of the Minnesota artists you enjoy?
Linda Deg Lee www.lindadeglee.com
Jack Pavlik www.mnartists.org/Jack_Pavlik
If I were to follow you around to see art in Minnesota, which places would we go? What would we see?
Groveland Gallery (Justin Terlecki paintings, Jeremy Lund prints) www.grovelandgallery.com
Como Park Conservatory- the Pavilion, the Japanese Garden, the Sunken Garden www.comozooconservatory.org
Where do you go online for good art resources, whether to find a new artist, or to see what is going on in the art world locally and otherwise?
Fleeting, acrylic on panel 48h x 72w
What can we expect to see from you in the future?
I will be part of Art-a-Whirl May 18-20, 2012 in the Northrup King Building in NE Mpls. Studio #369.
In 2013, I have a solo show at The Phipps Center for the Arts in Hudson WI.
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