PAULA McCOLL: Celebrating La Jolla
Joseph Clayes III Gallery
PAULA McCOLL
Celebrating La Jolla
April 1–May 8, 2021
Paula McColl presents a collection of architectural perspectives, urban scenes, and portrait paintings set in La Jolla. "It is a 'love letter' to La Jolla,” she says. “Also a reflection on this year." Since the pandemic guidelines began in March 2020, McColl has set about capturing the vibrant street scene. A playful artist, she said her show will include some works painted before the pandemic, including family gatherings, which she refers to as "rather imaginative, as some of the people in the paintings [were] deceased"!
When asked to compare painting in La Jolla to other locales, she said that it differs "especially in the quality of the light, which I believe has more of a lavender hue than anywhere else I have painted." She added that she has more people than usual in her current series.
McColl was born in Ohio and has a BA in art history and studio art from Hunter College. She has worked and exhibited widely and internationally at Thorpe Gallery in New York, Marina Henderson Gallery in London, Eton School of Art, the Museum of Modern Art in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the Helenic Centre in Athens, Greece. Additionally, she has painted numerous private commissions throughout Europe and the United States of murals, architectural scenes, and portraits.
She acknowledged that because of the risks involved with painting in plein air during the pandemic, she painted mostly from photographs. But she added, "One of the joys of plein air is the interaction with people as they pass by. Sadly, this I had to avoid."
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