I am attempting to address the notion of dimension in this work. As we all know, painting is generally considered two-dimensional. Within those two dimensions- height and width, certain conventions have existed in European art that have been used to imply three-dimensional space : perspective, placement of objects high or low on the picture plane, the… Continue reading Dimensions
Author: andyfeehan
DOORS
For the past few years I’ve been making paintings based on façades of local buildings, most of which have been abandoned and are in various states of decay or decrepitude. My approach to materials is an effort to describe this state, and the majority of the paintings have a pronounced third dimension. I do not… Continue reading DOORS
Restoration of the Ceiling and Three Sculptures in the Mairie of Mussy-sur-Seine
I was asked in December 2019 if I would restore three sculptures as well as the ceiling in the former chapel of the Bishop of Langres. The Château de l’Eveque de Langres was begun around 1770, and construction was stopped some time in 1789 when the French Revolution gained enough momentum for the citizens to… Continue reading Restoration of the Ceiling and Three Sculptures in the Mairie of Mussy-sur-Seine
Artemis Flies Again, in Brussels
In November 2017 I got an email from Wodek Majewski, director of Atelier 34zero, a private art museum in Brussels: Dear Mr. Feehan, I am the director of the Atelier 34zero Muzeum, an independent contemporary art centre based in Brussels. As part of our exhibition program, we developed a project entitled « Publicité pour une œuvre… Continue reading Artemis Flies Again, in Brussels
Andy Feehan: Tattooed Pigs and Hairless Dogs
For ten years I had an Obsession. It had nothing to do with Calvin Klein. Driven by a dream I had at the age of twenty-three during my junior year at the University of St. Thomas in Houston, Texas, I began to draw pigs with wings. I drew pigs with wings over and over until, during… Continue reading Andy Feehan: Tattooed Pigs and Hairless Dogs