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All Aglow  10" x 8"  Oil On Canvas

All Aglow

10" x 8"

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Blue Works  51" x 60"  Oil On Canvas

Blue Works (SOLD)

51" x 60"

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Breath Notes  10" x 8"  Oil On Canvas

Breath Notes

10" x 8"

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Cloud Song  14" x 11"  Oil On Canvas

Cloud Song

14" x 11"

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Cool Cover  60" x 51"  Oil On Canvas

Cool Cover

60" x 51"

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Cornerstone  41" x 48"  Oil On Canvas

Cornerstone

41" x 48"

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Dye-Leaves  14" x 11"  Oil On Canvas

Dye-Leaves

14" x 11"

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Found Melody  48" x 41"  Oil On Canvas

Found Melody

48" x 41"

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From The Morning, 60" x 51"  Oil On Canvas

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60" x 51"

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Gathering  28" x 22"  Oil On Canvas

Gathering

28" x 22"

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May Night  10" x 8"  Oil On Canvas

May Night

10" x 8"

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Offering  10" x 8"  Oil On Canvas

Offering

10" x 8"

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Sandy Bottom  20" x 16"   Oil On Canvas

Sandy Bottom

20" x 16" 

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Silver Mound  14" x 11"  Oil On Canvas

Silver Mound

14" x 11"

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Traveler's Joy, 10" x 8"  Oil On Canvas

Traveler's Joy (SOLD)

10" x 8"

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True Affection   14" x 11"  Oil On Canvas

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14" x 11"

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Woolyheads  10" x 8"  Oil On Canvas

Woollyheads

10" x 8"

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Untitled, March 2020 (01)  8.5" x 7"  Ink On Paper

Untitled, March 2020 (01)

8.5" x 7"

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Untitled, March 2020 (02)  8.5" x 7"  Ink On Paper

Untitled, March 2020 (02)

8.5" x 7"

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Untitled, March 2020 (03)  7" x 8.5"  Ink On Paper

Untitled, March 2020 (03)

7" x 8.5"

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All Aglow  10" x 8"  Oil On Canvas

All Aglow

10" x 8"

Oil On Canvas

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Blue Works  51" x 60"  Oil On Canvas

Blue Works (SOLD)

51" x 60"

Oil On Canvas

Breath Notes  10" x 8"  Oil On Canvas

Breath Notes

10" x 8"

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Cloud Song  14" x 11"  Oil On Canvas

Cloud Song

14" x 11"

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Cool Cover  60" x 51"  Oil On Canvas

Cool Cover

60" x 51"

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Cornerstone  41" x 48"  Oil On Canvas

Cornerstone

41" x 48"

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Dye-Leaves  14" x 11"  Oil On Canvas

Dye-Leaves

14" x 11"

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Found Melody  48" x 41"  Oil On Canvas

Found Melody

48" x 41"

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From The Morning, 60" x 51"  Oil On Canvas

From The Morning (SOLD)

60" x 51"

Oil On Canvas

Gathering  28" x 22"  Oil On Canvas

Gathering

28" x 22"

Oil On Canvas

 

May Night  10" x 8"  Oil On Canvas

May Night

10" x 8"

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Offering  10" x 8"  Oil On Canvas

Offering

10" x 8"

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Sandy Bottom  20" x 16"   Oil On Canvas

Sandy Bottom

20" x 16" 

Oil On Canvas

 

Silver Mound  14" x 11"  Oil On Canvas

Silver Mound

14" x 11"

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Traveler's Joy, 10" x 8"  Oil On Canvas

Traveler's Joy (SOLD)

10" x 8"

Oil On Canvas

True Affection   14" x 11"  Oil On Canvas

True Affection (SOLD)

14" x 11"

Oil On Canvas

Woolyheads  10" x 8"  Oil On Canvas

Woollyheads

10" x 8"

Oil On Canvas

 

Untitled, March 2020 (01)  8.5" x 7"  Ink On Paper

Untitled, March 2020 (01)

8.5" x 7"

Ink On Paper

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Untitled, March 2020 (02)  8.5" x 7"  Ink On Paper

Untitled, March 2020 (02)

8.5" x 7"

Ink On Paper

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Untitled, March 2020 (03)  7" x 8.5"  Ink On Paper

Untitled, March 2020 (03)

7" x 8.5"

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"Working from plants around my studio, observation has become essential to rooting the paintings in an experience and giving gravity to an otherwise commonplace thing. I'm drawn to plants as they are simple, yet everchanging, and provide boundless possibilities to meditate on ephemerality, perspective and humility."

- Rebekah Callaghan

Rebekah Callaghan - Artists - Gross McCleaf Gallery

Sandy Bottom (Detail), 20" x 16", Oil On Canvas

Found and discovered by her sensitive and responsive process, Callaghan's paintings are intimate in size. They express a space which can only exist in a painting but are as close to us as the warmth of the sun falling across our cheek on a winter's day. Plants fill her canvases as she observes and then meditates upon them but her paintings could never be mistaken for simple portraits of flowers and leaves. 

 

Callaghan's paintings speak about color, light, and space as revealed through the subtlest of skills - the artist's touch. Hues and shapes inspired by nature and the constantly changing play of light over a plant's surface are fascinations and inspirations for Callaghan.  She keeps the images which slip by us, unassuming and ordinary, allowing us the time we need to see and relate to them.  The way light moving across a plant's leaf reminds us that we are all under the shine of the sun, Callaghan's paintings offer us the reward of a vision where fleeting moments are inspiration enough.

"Recently, I have been making work that offers a space to lean into moments of transformation. The paintings are derived from gardens and plants: bright hues and organic shapes come directly from observations, but the recognizable elements have been abridged to broaden the landscape of touch, speed, and color.

Color is used to animate light and shadow, inventing spaces that feel familiar but that could only exist in a painting or drawing. Thin veils of paint are applied to merge new layers with old, and painted to a place where color, pressure, and form are balanced. Employing this method of call and response, each added passage responds to the one before. In a never-ending quest to combine my experience of seeing with searching, the layers call to the complexity of change while recognizing the simplicity of growth."

- Rebekah Callaghan

 

 

Rebekah Callaghan - Artists - Gross McCleaf Gallery

Gathering, 28" x 22", Oil On Canvas

Rebekah Callaghan - Artists - Gross McCleaf Gallery

Broadleaf (Detail), 10" x 8", Oil On Canvas

Rebekah Callaghan received her BFA from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art and her MFA from Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts. Callaghan teaches drawing and painting in and around the Greater Philadelphia Area. She exhibits her work throughout the United States and internationally. Her studio is based in Philadelphia, PA.