Ali Cavanaugh,
born in 1973, seeks to encompass key aspects of both body and soul in each of
her realistic and unique watercolor paintings through the use of bold and
bright color, pattern, and imagery. Cavanaugh has suffered from great hearing
loss, making her dependent on the visual world and unspoken language, enhancing
her artistic ability and power. Her painting process is extremely unique, as
she paints in the style of modern fresco, applying watercolor paint to plaster
panels. She began painting on paper but ultimately, after searching for an
alternative surface after paper became more difficult to come by, switched to
this historical but still occasionally used style of creating art. She uses
bold white negative space in contrast with her stunning colors and figures.
Another eccentricity each piece of her artwork possesses is a poetic name,
allowing the mind of the viewer to interpret the situation his or her way, but
nonetheless guiding them in a certain direction.
again divide the timeline g, 2013
Cavanaugh
received the Presidential Scholarship from the David Wolcott Kendall Foundation
and was able to study painting at Kendall College of Art and Design before
completing her BFA at the New York Studio Residency Program in 1995. Her work
has been shown in more than 400 collections and galleries all over the world
including the United States, Canada, England, Germany, Portugal, Switzerland,
Singapore, and Australia. She has also been featured in many magazines and
other publications. Cavanaugh currently resides in St. Louis with her husband
and four children.
incomplete circumstance, 2010
I will keep my promise, 2010
attempt, 2013
“I’m
constantly in a state of awareness about the world; taking in the imagery,
colors, and patterns that to my eye are compositions of settings and people.
This keeps me in a place where my perception is enriched by each and every
moment.” - Ali Cavanaugh
intensify, 2012
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