Progress

'Mill' - Kathleen O'Hara
'Mill', 2008, Acrylic, pencil, collage on panel, 12 x 12"
'Covered Bridge' - Kathleen O’Hara
'Covered Bridge', 2008, acrylic, pencil, collage on panel, 12 x 16"
'Sugaring' - Kathleen O’Hara
'Sugaring', 2008, acrylic, pencil, collage, on panel, 12 x 12"
'Farm' - Kathleen O’Hara
'Farm', 2009, acrylic, pencil, collage on panel, 20 x 16"
'Swamp Event I' - Kathleen O’Hara
'Swamp Event I', 2008, etching, drypoint, graphite, colored pencil, collage, on Torinoko lightweight, 10 x 29.5"
'Swamp Event I' detail - Kathleen O’Hara
'Swamp Event I' detail, 2008, etching, drypoint, graphite, colored pencil, collage, on Torinoko lightweight, 10 x 29.5"
'Artic/Desert Event' - Kathleen O’Hara
'Artic/Desert Event', 2009, mounted etching and drypoint on Torinoko lightweight, edition of 5, BAT, 9.65 x 29.25"
'Artic/Desert Event' detail - Kathleen O’Hara
'Artic/Desert Event' detail, 2009, mounted etching and drypoint on Torinoko lightweight, edition of 5, BAT, 9.65 x 29.25"

Statement

Progress includes paintings, as well as works on paper, that depict quietly subversive, romanticized landscapes and architectural vignettes. Though non-threatening at first glance, the collaged images, pieced together from decorative tableware, engravings, newspapers, advertisements, greeting cards, etc., unfold to reveal a disturbingly unnatural world.