Pat Mahony (softcover)
Pat Mahony (born in Los Angeles, 1951), long associated with the Sacramento Valley School, creates lush landscapes and poignant still lifes, which reflect years of study of the characteristics of light. As her work has evolved from urban scenes, to river landscapes and then to still lifes, Mahony has maintained an abstracted view of her subject matter while exploring color and drama through the contrast of light and dark. These elements have remained the central focus of her journey as an artist, whether painting in watercolors, gouache or oils.
Throughout this landscape/riverscape period, she eagerly experimented with the transitional characteristics of illumination. Comparing the visual effects of Sacramento Valley light to that of Southern France, Spain, New Mexico and the California coast, Mahony achieved an ethereal, but authentic, ambiance in her compositions.
Author: Tahlia Aghily
134 pages
Pat Mahony (born in Los Angeles, 1951), long associated with the Sacramento Valley School, creates lush landscapes and poignant still lifes, which reflect years of study of the characteristics of light. As her work has evolved from urban scenes, to river landscapes and then to still lifes, Mahony has maintained an abstracted view of her subject matter while exploring color and drama through the contrast of light and dark. These elements have remained the central focus of her journey as an artist, whether painting in watercolors, gouache or oils.
Throughout this landscape/riverscape period, she eagerly experimented with the transitional characteristics of illumination. Comparing the visual effects of Sacramento Valley light to that of Southern France, Spain, New Mexico and the California coast, Mahony achieved an ethereal, but authentic, ambiance in her compositions.
Author: Tahlia Aghily
134 pages
Pat Mahony (born in Los Angeles, 1951), long associated with the Sacramento Valley School, creates lush landscapes and poignant still lifes, which reflect years of study of the characteristics of light. As her work has evolved from urban scenes, to river landscapes and then to still lifes, Mahony has maintained an abstracted view of her subject matter while exploring color and drama through the contrast of light and dark. These elements have remained the central focus of her journey as an artist, whether painting in watercolors, gouache or oils.
Throughout this landscape/riverscape period, she eagerly experimented with the transitional characteristics of illumination. Comparing the visual effects of Sacramento Valley light to that of Southern France, Spain, New Mexico and the California coast, Mahony achieved an ethereal, but authentic, ambiance in her compositions.
Author: Tahlia Aghily
134 pages
