Lisa McShane paintings at Smith & Vallee Gallery
Light is the main element in my paintings. I use layers of oil paint and resin, usually over linen, to create deeply luminous paintings of light and the way it falls on land and water. I want my work to breathe and to convey the beauty of our world, though I don’t paint an untouched landscape. I paint a world that includes the impact we have on our lands.
In the west our world is increasingly altered by wildfire smoke and I work to capture that: the strange filter that a blanket of smoke casts on the land that changes the way we see color, bonfires near dry trees, strangely vivid suns and moons, and smoke pouring off a distant forest. Fire moves fast. It’s changing the west in late summer and I’m painting those impacts.
My work is increasingly abstracted. I find I have less to say about specific places, and more to convey about the embrace of light on landscapes, whether I’m looking down at a reflection on a river or at a wide horizon line. I rarely paint onsite; I want distance from the experience so that I can engage my memory and my mind. My images often start with a photo, then are abstracted through rough sketches, then drawings, and finally, the painting.
![Lisa McShane_Okanagan_Fire on the Horizon_Oil on Linen_ Lisa McShane, Okanagan: Fire on the Horizon, 2020, Oil on Linen Panel, 26” x 42”](https://www.metroframe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Lisa-McShane_Okanagan_Fire-on-the-Horizon_Oil-on-Linen_.jpg)
Okanagan: Fire on the Horizon, 2020, Oil on Linen Panel, 26” x 42”
![Lisa McShane_Lhaq'temish_Morning Fog on the Nooksack Delta_2020_Oil on Linen over Wood_30x20 Lisa McShane, Lhaq’te’mish: Morning Fog on the Nooksack Delta, 2020, Oil on Linen over Wood Panel, 30” x 20”](https://www.metroframe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Lisa-McShane_Lhaqtemish_Morning-Fog-on-the-Nooksack-Delta_2020_Oil-on-Linen-over-Wood_3022x2022.jpg)
"Lhaq’te’mish: Morning Fog" on the Nooksack Delta, 2020,
Oil on Linen over Wood Panel, 30” x 20”
![Lisa McShane_Yakama_Autumn on the River_2020_Oil on Linen over Aluminum_20x24 Lisa McShane, Yakama: Autumn on the River, Oil on Linen over Aluminum, 20” x 24”](https://www.metroframe.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Lisa-McShane_Yakama_Autumn-on-the-River_2020_Oil-on-Linen-over-Aluminum_2022x2422.jpg)
"Yakama: Autumn on the River", Oil on Linen over Aluminum, 20” x 24”
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LISA MCSHANE
March 6, 2020 - March 29, 2020
Smith and Vallee Art Gallery
Edison, WA
FRAMING SPECIFICATIONS
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Type: floating frame for 1-1/2" deep paintings
Wood & Finish: ash various finishes
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