ANDREA MAGUIRE

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FOREWORD

Looking at the paintings by Andrea Maguire they become mirrors of our own 'inscapes'. She is involved in the oldest and noblest task as a mediator between mythology and reality. With echoes of Icarus and his tragic flight and Isis with her winged arms giving protection and the breath of life. Uprising movement, metaphors of ascension. The closest construct to capturing and holding the motion of feeling. Her surfaces define the adjective of touch. Areas hum, sing and turn to silence. The text of impasto scumbling, glazes and pentimento are an emotional topography. Spirit scapes. These forms enchant the mind and her colour brings light into existence. Seeing is an act. Enjoy.

Ross Mendes

 

 

 

 

(excerpt from exhibition catalogue for Voices of the Ancestors, Gallery Arcturus, 2000)

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