Summer School of Painting Exhibition

Opening June 10-September 2, 2022

Participating artists

Claire Ashley
Gina Beavers
Magalie Guérin
Richard Hull
James English Leary
Isa Rodrigues
Laurel Sparks

Enticed by its idyllic light, painters have come to Ox-Bow School of Art for 112 years. To capture the unique and rapidly changing dance of the atmosphere, artists have employed a variety of techniques, both traditional and experimental. Whether made meadow-side with direct reference or abstractly in the studio while gleaning inspiration from the culture and nature, there is a signature spirituality in the paintings informed by the Ox-Bow landscape.

Ox-Bow is pleased to present Summer School of Painting, a survey of paintings made by faculty and visiting artists participating in our Summer 2022 Session. In this exhibition, curated by Ox-Bow’s Interim Director of Academic Programs, Maddie Reyna, we invite you to sway with the rhythms in the work of Magalie Guérin, Richard Hull, and Laurel Sparks; be pushed toward new discoveries through the work of Gina Beavers and James English Leary; and play in the gentle tides rendered by Isa Rodrigues and Claire Ashley. Join us as we celebrate the legacy of painting at Ox-Bow, and welcome 2022’s roster of esteemed artists who are continuing a radical history of image and object making.