Portfolio: Shelley Reed
Going for Baroque in Black and White
By: Shelley Reed - 02/07/2008
Tiger (after Landseer and Oudry), 72 x 56. Images courtesy of the artist. 
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Untitled (after de Lairesse), 65 x 74. 
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Bird Concert (after Earlom), 66 x 80. 
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Parrot and Butterfly (after Earlom and de Fontenay), 71 x 56. 
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Around a Fountain (after Hondecoeter), 82 x 54. 
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Antelope in a Landscape (after Claudot and Despotes) 72 x 66. 
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Serenade (after Oudry and Hondecoeter), 72 x 64. 
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Attacked by Hounds (after Oudry), 72 x 62. 
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Scarlet Macaw (after van Huysum and van Dael) 68 x 68. 
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Squirrel and Flamingo (after Roepel and Oudry), 70 x 70. 
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Fox and Parrot (after de Fontenay, Snyders and Oudry), 70 x 64. 
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On a Balustrade (after Hondecoeter), 72 x 64. 
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Up a Tree (after Snyders) 88 x 63. 
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Stealing Grapes (after Snyders), 72 x 72. 
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Cat Fight (after Snyders), 66 x 70. 
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Artist's Statement
I spend a lot of time in libraries looking at old art books. Right now I'm looking at painters from the late 1600s, who were documenting life around them. I try to find images that are visually dramatic and culturally relevant, then paint them in black and white, usually on a much larger scale than the originals. Sometimes I directly appropriate complete pictures, or collage bits and pieces from several old works to make a new image. It's a conversation with
art history that (I hope) touches on nature, power, aggression, and beauty.
Shelley Reed is represented by Sears Peyton Gallery in New York City and by Gibsone Jessup in Toronto.
http://www.searspeyton.com/html/home.asp
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