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“crossing” placed Second in Scope: the NC Landscape

Posted by Sean on June 6, 2009 at 11:42 am 5 Responses »

Jun 062009

We had a great time at Scope: the NC Landscape last night at the Visual Art Exchange, followed by dinner at Caffe Luna. Crossing placed Second in the cash awards—a surprise and an honor! Thank you to the Visual Art Exchange and everyone involved in putting together this show!

If you didn’t have a chance to attend the reception last night, remember Scope will be on display from June 5-25, 2009. There are a lot of really wonderful pieces in this show to see!

Some happy snaps from last night:

Pati Crowe Schetzina, Artist Grace Li Wang and me

Click the link for more photos and the full list of Award winners! Continue reading »

“crossing” juried into scope: the north carolina landscape

Posted by Sean on May 3, 2009 at 11:50 am 3 Responses »

May 032009

Crossing, Sean W. Byrne, Copyright 2009, All Rights Reserved

Crossing has been juried into the Visual Art Exchange’s upcoming show Scope: the NC Landscape. The show was juried by David Steel, Curator of the European Collection, North Carolina Museum of Art and will run from June 5-25, 2009.

The reception will be Friday, June 5, 2009 from 6-9 pm at the Visual Art Exchange on the City Market in downtown Raleigh. Come one, come all!

More information about Scope is available here on the Visual Art Exchange website. My previous posting about Crossing is located here.

new work: “crossing”

Posted by Sean on March 30, 2009 at 8:12 am 3 Responses »

Mar 302009

This railroad crossing is located near Wendall, just east of Raleigh. It caught my eye for a number of reasons; for one thing, I liked its timeless quality—it could be 1939… or 1979… or 2009. (I furthered this feeling in the painting by participating in some artistic vandalism by removing a couple of mailboxes… followed by some artistic good citizenry by picking up some trash on the side of the road). I also liked the fact that there was no railroad crossing signals or gate. I saw a narrative there… about caution… danger. And finally, I liked the way the road sloped uphill just past the tracks. It fit right in with the narrative: just beyond the danger there is an uphill climb.

Crossing is part of the Meditation series and is 32″w x 16″h, mixed media on hardboard tiles.