Nancy Morgan Barnes and William Irvine titillate – and tickle – at Greenhut
Nancy Morgan Barnes and William Irvine titillate – and tickle – at Greenhut
The imaginative painters make for a lively duet.
By Daniel Kany
The paintings of Nancy Morgan Barnes and William Irvine make for a lively pairing. Irvine’s works are bright and seemingly simple coastal landscapes painted with a bold hand and almost cartoonish clarity. Barnes’ landscapes could pass for fairytale illustrations that may have taken a darkly wrong turn, sometimes literally.
Barnes’ scenes often feature woodland creatures out of place on a road, directly or indirectly threatened or threatening. A skunk saunters along a night highway with a truck speeding by: We know too well what is likely to happen. But we have to make that leap. Barnes challenges us to confront our own dark sensibilities. A speeding rabbit stretches out before us with a looming bear close behind. We are so caught up in the bunny’s plight that we almost don’t realize this takes place in a Walmart parking lot. It’s not just the cottontail who has to watch out.
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“Unloading the Catch, Brittany” by William Irvine. Photo courtesy of William Irvine
“Into the Fog” by William Irvine. Photo courtesy of William Irvine
“Towards Portland” by Nancy Morgan Barnes. Photo by Ken Woisard Photography