Wendy Caldwell Maloney In Between the Lines

Artist’s opening reception – Saturday, June 7, 10AM – 2PM

Artist Statement:

“I am primarily a watercolorist; it is the immediacy and the versatility of the medium that appeal to me. Sweeping washes, bold brushstrokes, and exacting detail can all be executed without the interruption of prolonged drying time. Excited by line, texture, and detail in the natural world, I am drawn to imagery that has presence: subtle or brilliant color, a sense of power or calm, elegant simplicity or stunning complexity.

As a former graphic designer, my challenge was to grab the attention of my viewers and hold it long enough for a message to be communicated — elegantly, powerfully, immediately. I use the same approach in choosing subject matter to paint.

A digital camera enables me to isolate areas of interest from scenes of visual overwhelm and to zoom-in to capture and expose details in nature that are often overlooked. While awed by the near-perfect symmetry of a thousand-petaled flower, I am equally excited by the visual impact of a fractured tree limb or the riot of color in decaying foliage.

My work is experiential; as I paint, I become the surging wave, the intricate surfaces of beach stones, the saturated reds of autumn. There is a physical and emotional response toward a particular subject and as I observe and render it, the child in me wants to take you by the hand and say, ‘Come with me, I have to show you something!’

My love for nature was formed during childhood summers on Lake Erie and in the Canadian woods and summers in a rustic camp setting in the Adirondacks. Numerous painting trips to the Eastern seaboard heightened my interest in the textures and surfaces of stones and surf. Cracks, crevices, and geologic shifts describe handsome graphics along the Atlantic coastline, and calligraphy emerges in the frenzied and liquid lines of the ocean’s tides and, closer to home, in the raging current of the Niagara River. Quiet time to explore and observe is crucial to my work.

While my representational work is inspired primarily by what I see, my abstract work is additionally informed by what I hear and feel. When painting abstract pieces, music becomes my partner. My brushstrokes speak to the visceral sensation of motion and rhythm I feel as an athlete and a dancer, and the structural integrity of music is explored through the repetition of shapes on the page.”

Image dimensions are in inches, height precedes width.
All works titled, signed & dated by the artist.
View the full exhibition at meibohmfinearts.com.
Artist’s website: wendycaldwellmaloney.com
Instagram: @wendycaldwellmaloneyart
Facebook: wendy caldwell maloney

Catalog of Exhibition:

Found, Cuttyhunk Island

10-1/4 x 14, watercolor, 2023

825.00

Beyond Red

14-1/2 x 21-3/8, watercolor & gouache, 2024

1750.00

Nightsong

5-1/4 x 6-3/4, watercolor & gouache, 2024

275.00

Outlier

21-1/2 x 9-1/4, watercolor, 2020

825.00

Timeless

7-1/2 x 7-1/2, watercolor, 2023

550.00

Cuttyhunk Stones

9 x 9, watercolor, 2023

650.00

Red Moon Rising

25-1/2 x 17-3/4, mixed media, 2019

1600.00

Mossy Stones

9 x 6, watercolor & colored pencil, 2021

600.00

Boundless

29 x 21-1/2, watercolor & gouache, 2024

2500.00

Cadence