Acorn woodpecker watercolor painting series#
The monochromatic Shorebird series continues the artist’s examination of majestic fowl, likewise deconstructing their bodies into fragments and rendering the natural world abstract. In Grunwaldt’s more recent series of encaustic panels, this tension is maintained dead and moribund cardinals, robins, and finches seemingly dart, crouch, and stretch their wings in dynamic configurations as they dissolve into the works’ marbleized backdrops. It remains unclear whether these dreamlike avian subjects, captured in fleeting moments of action or tranquility, are soaring midair or lying lifelessly amid the sweeping washes of color around them. 2 depict lone birds, their wings dissolving into the billowing folds of pigment that surround them, as they gaze tenderly upward. Sumptuously detailed watercolors such as Acorn Woodpecker and Sharp-Shinned Hawk No.
Hinging on multiple layers of ambiguity, Grunwaldt’s lushly painted works on paper revisit this common motif of Dutch still-life painting to meditate on the fragility of life and the fixity of death.
The exhibition will open with a reception on Wednesday, November 28 and will remain on view through January 19, 2019. Featuring a selection of recent watercolor, encaustic, and pastel paintings and drawings alongside a series of sculptures produced in 20, this presentation highlights Grunwaldt’s continued exploration of deceased birds as an evocative, multivalent subject across her work in various media. Harper’s is pleased to present Noel Grunwaldt: For the Birds, a solo exhibition of works created over the past eleven years.
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