Perry Meigs
Insights from my Garden an art exhibition
by Perry Meigs
Saturday, February 6- March 7th, 2021
Opening Saturday, February 6th, 2- 4 pm
Claremont Art Studios: 1515 S Claremont Street, San Mateo, CA 94402
Saturday and Sundays by appointment click here to make an appointment for up to five visitors at a time.
Perry Meigs
718-594-0059 | pmmeigs@gmail.com
Painting flowers is a challenge if you are a painter. Over the past year, I observed my garden in Palo Alto and recorded the activity in a series of paintings.
Born in Philadelphia and having lived on the East Coast the majority of my life, I find this climate astonishing. I am excited by how different the seasons are in Northern California. I see plants blooming here when they would be dormant back East. Constant surprises in my garden are celebrations for me, making winter non-existent.
The California quality of light is vibrant and stunning, and I attempt to capture it in my paintings. Mixing colors and layering paint are key to recreating what I see. I am trying to make sense of my new surroundings through this activity.
As I painted the individual flowers in my garden on Hamilton Avenue, something strange started to happen. My mind began to wander to memories of flowers from the past, making connections. I painted these connections in this series of larger paintings, incorporating memories of place. Perhaps this was a way of finding the familiar in the unfamiliar.
In the end, I think of my eye like a camera observing my surroundings, and my hand is like an instrument, just producing things.
Perry Meigs, 2021
Gallery View
Insights from my Garden
Gallery View
Insights from my Garden
Yard Paintings
Gallery View: Insights from my Garden
Backyard Spring (1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas,
8 x 10 inches
Front Yard Summer 1 (1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Front Yard Summer 2 (1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Backyard Right Corner(1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
8 x 10 inches
My Favorite Plant (1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Front yard Fall (1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Backyard Spring (1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Backyard Summer Night 1 (1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Backyard Left, Spring 1 (1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Backyard Left, Spring 2 (1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020 Acrylic on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Backyard Summer 1(1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Backyard Summer Night 2 (1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020 Acrylic on canvas
8 x 10 inches
Seasonal Paintings
Gallery View: Insights from my Garden
Spring-Summer, January-May (1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 36 inches
Summer-Fall, June-September (1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 36 inches
Fall-Winter, October-January (1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 36 inches
Flowers/Blooms
Gallery View: Insights from my Garden
On the right:
Winterberry Memory (November, 1988, Robertson’s Florist, Chestnut Hill, PA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
18 x 24 inches
Garden Painting No.1 (January 27th, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.2 (January 27th, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.3 (February 1st, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.4 (February 1st, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.5 (February 15th, 2020, 1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.6 (February 19th, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.7 (February 28th, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
On the left:
Rhododendron Memory (May 1976,
115 West Moreland Ave, Philadelphia, PA),
2020
Acrylic on canvas
18 x 24 inches
Garden Painting No.8 (April 13th, 2020, 1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.9 (April 15th, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.10 (April 15th, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.11 (April 25th, 2020, 1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.12 (April 29th, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.13 (May 7th, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.14 (May 30th, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.15 (June 2nd 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
On the right:
Hydrangea Memory (Woods Hole, MA, August 28, 2004), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
18 x 24 inches
Garden Painting No.16 (Jun10th, 2020, 1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.17 (June 30th, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.18 (September 13th, 2020, 1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.19 (June 24th, 2020, 1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.20 (July 8th, 2020, 1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.21 (July 10th, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.22 (October 26th, 2020, 1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.23 (November 30th, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Garden Painting No.24 (December 2nd, 2020,1823 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA), 2020
Acrylic on canvas
10 x 8 inches
Gallery View
PRICE LIST
Yard Paintings: $150
Seasonal Paintings: $300
Flowers/Blooms:$200
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