Michael Brophy



Michael Brophy
Silence #4 2009
oil on canvas
62.25" x 78.75"

Michael Brophy’s exploration of the Oregon landscape continues to evolve with this exhibit. In a series of large scale oil paintings, Brophy presents the vast, arid open spaces of southeast Oregon’s Alvord Desert.  The paintings are permeated by silence and solitude, embracing the endless depth of the sky and the subtle variations of the playa, the dry lakebed that defines the desert.  These paintings continue Brophy’s movement toward the subtle power of pared down landscapes.  Lush, increasingly abstract color fields are the compelling result.

Northwest artist Michael Brophy graduated in 1985 from the Pacific Northwest College of Art, where he has also taught.  He has shown extensively in the Northwest in both solo and group exhibitions.  Most recently he was included in the Tacoma Art Museum’s 9^th Northwest Biennial. In 2005, he was honored with an exhibition, “The Romantic Vision of Michael Brophy,” by the Tacoma Art Museum and the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University.  He is a recipient of multiple honors including a NEA Westaf Grant, a Pollock Krasner Grant, and an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Regional Arts & Culture Council. 

More examples by Michael Brophy

Summer Group Show

This exhibition will feature new work by gallery artists, including Tom Cramer, Michael Dailey, Judith Poxson Fawkes, Gregory Grenon, Fay Jones, Mary Josephson, Jackie Johnson, Michihiro Kosuge, Kim Osgood, Margot Voorhies Thompson and others.


Kim Osgood
Push Pull 2009
monotype
37.5" x 51.75"

Upcoming 2009 Exhibitions:

August 6 - 29
Whitney Nye – New Mixed Media Paintings
Sean Cain – Recent Paintings

September 3 - 26
Sherrie Wolf – New Paintings
JD Perkin – Recent Sculpture