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Artist Statement:
I "paint" a landscape with
rocks collected from that
landscape.” She hunts,
gathers, sorts, crushes and
then glues these finds onto a
two-dimensional surface. She
searches for the colors of the
spectrum in every location, as
a base for her pallette. The
works range from index card
sizes to mural installations.
. Some paintings are actual
re-creations of the landscape;
others are topographical
representations of the geology
where she hunts and gathers.
Maps, if you will, a hawks'
eye view. Recent works are
spiritual in nature. ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Black Bridge Bakery, Mexico ME
USA
"Biennale Internazionalle
Dell' Arte Contemporanea"
taking place in Florence,
Italy at the Fortezza da Basso
6-14 December 2003 extends a
formal invitation to -amb
alice mckay barnett to
participate as an exhibiting
artist representing your
country, the United States of
America. *
*The artist...
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Artist Reviews:
Alice Kay Barnett paints with
rocks. Glossy purple ones,
slate blue ones, rosy pink
ones, rusty-colored ones—the
hues in her gravel palette
could fill the page. She’s dug
them up or chipped them off
boulders all over Maine,
affixing them to her canvas
with a mix of ...
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Collections:
Coming Soon!
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Commissions:
Stephen King, Maine, USA
Bangor Savings Bank, Dixfield,
ME USA
Smartcare Physical Therapy,
Dixfield, ME USA
Dr. Bretz , Rumford, ME USA...
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Galleries for Alice Mckay Barnett:
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EXHIBITS
Dixfield Ludden Memorial Library, over 30 new paintings, the beach series of Pyramid, Lake, Lake Tahoe, Donner Lake, Nevada, USA, Maine beaches, Androscoggin River, Swift River - Winter 2002-3
Route <2 Dixfield, ME, USA
· Annually, as solo artist, over 20 new paintings each show;
University of Maine Rumford/Mexico Center, 1996-2001
Wizbe’s Café, Farmington Maine 1999-2000
· Collaboration, Jewett Gallery, University of Maine Augusta, 2000
· Collaboration, Harlow Gallery, Hallowel, ME 2000
· Collaboration, LRC, University of Maine Augusta 1998
Before rocks, Barnett’s medium was chalk, pencil, paper and sometimes paint. The last of these works were large, 5x10 foot, back drops for local bands.
· “UMA JAZZ”, Easter Show 1992
“Wobblies”, FOX 51 Show 1993
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