Please take a minute and vote for my friend Alice!
An American realist artist (b. 1959) specializing in works on paper.
She maintains a studio in Chicago's historic Fine Arts Building.
Artist Name: Alice McMahon White
Title: Chains
Size: 55 x 38cm
Medium: Pastel on paper
Description: From the white album series
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ABOUT THE WORK:
From "The White Album" series inspired by Beatles tunes and about coming of age. "I wanna tell you, pretty baby, your lips look sweet. I'd like to kiss them, but I can't break away from all these chains. My baby's got me locked up in chains,and they ain't the kind that you can see. Whoa, it's chains of love got a hold on me, yeah."
ABOUT Alice McMahon White:
All my life I have been fortunate to live with musicians. Music and what I listen to while I paint have a significant power over my artistic process, in what inspires me, in the emotions evoked and incorporated into a piece, and is even reflected in the popular song titles of the finished works.
I choose to depict contemporary places and people, but my goal is to use skill and imagination to produce works that portray the more enduring qualities of the world and of the human condition.
The White Album, my most recent work, is literally a labor of love, twenty years in the making. A quirky "photo-realism" album of my three teenagers, it is foremost a portrait of adolescence. My youngest son is just entering his turbulent teens; middle-child daughter a promising artist at 16-going-on-26; the eldest son, an adult of 19, is a freshman living at Kent State University, Ohio.
I was on the threshold of my own teen years when the Beatles were the soundtrack for the hippy era. This work draws parallels between then and now, and highlights the universal, eternal character of coming of age. I have attempted to explore the similarities of each generation, despite contemporary sensibilities and recent advances in technology.
A fellow artist recently noted, "We paint to deal with life." These candid "snapshots" are one way I've found to cope with the process of letting go that all parents must make. They document my children's progress during this transitional time in their lives. Thanks to them, I am still learning.
Alice's Official Website:
http://www.amwhitestudio.com
Alice's work on Saatchi:
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Alice%20Mcmahon%20White/27904.html
EDUCATION AND BIOGRAPHY
Solo Exhibitions
2007 "Into the Mystic", Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
2006 "The White Album", Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Green Groves of Erin", McCord House Gallery, Palos Park, IL, the Beverly Arts Center, Chicago Children's Museum at Navy Pier, and the Irish American Heritage Center, Chicago, IL
2005 "Passport to Ireland", Chicago Children's Museum at Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
Awards
2007 Saatchi Showdown! Winner, Round 2
Semi-finalist, American Artist Magazine's 70th Anniversary Competition
Jerry's/Girault Award, Pastels Chicago, National Juried Competition, Chicago Pastel Painters, Chicago, IL
2006 Canson Award, Pastels USA, Pastel Society of the West Coast, Auburn, California
2005 Best Drawing, Plaza Art Competition, Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL
Best of Show, Gallery 2005, De Caprio Gallery, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
2004 Honorable Mention, Self-Portraits 2004, Northwest Cultural Council's International Juried Exhibition; Rolling Meadows, IL
2002 Third place, Gallery 2002, De Caprio Gallery at Moraine Valley Community College; Palos Hills, IL
Education:
Largely self-taught
FUTURE SHOWS
"The White Album", pastels and drawings inspired by Beatles tunes and coming of age. At the Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, 2008
BEST of LUCK to Alice McMahon White!
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Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
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