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Lois Dodd - Recent Paintings - Exhibitions - Alexandre Gallery

Lois Dodd, Allium Seedhead, 2011, oil on Masonite, 15 x15 inches

Alexandre Gallery is pleased to announce Lois Dodd: Recent Paintings, on view January 23 through March 1, 2014. This exhibition will include twenty-two small-scaled oil panel paintings and two medium-sized oil on canvas paintings in Dodd’s first show since her 2012 – 13 traveling museum retrospective “Catching the Light.”

For over fifty years Dodd (b. 1927) has painted her immediate everyday surroundings at the places she has chosen to live and work – the Lower East Side, rural Mid-Coast Maine and the Delaware Water Gap. Dodd’s small, intimately-scaled paintings are almost always completed in one plein-air sitting. Her subjects include rambling New England out buildings, lush summer gardens, dried leafless plants, nocturnal moonlight skies and views through interior windows. She often returns to familiar motifs repeatedly at different times of the year with dramatically varied results.

The critic Roberta Smith wrote in March 2013: “Ms. Dodd loves the observed world, the vagaries of nature and the specificities of old Maine houses: the way they cleave to the ground, or fill a picture frame, or shine, lights on or off, in the moonlight. She always searches out the underlying geometry but also the underlying life, and the shear strangeness of it all.”

Lois Dodd studied at the Cooper Union in the late 1940s. In 1952 she was one of the five founding members of the legendary Tanager Gallery, among the first artist-run cooperative galleries in New York. Dodd is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Academy. In 1992 she retired from teaching at Brooklyn College. Since 1954 her work has been the subject of over fifty one-person exhibitions. This show marks her tenth with the gallery.

Installations

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Photograph showing a corner view of an exhibition space, with twelve small paintings hanging on white walls
Photograph showing a view of an exhibition space, with nine small paintings hanging on a white wall
Photograph showing a corner view of an exhibition space, with ten small paintings and two larger paintings hanging on white walls
Photograph showing a corner view of an exhibition space, with nine small paintings and two larger paintings hanging on white walls
Photograph showing a corner view of an exhibition space, with six small paintings hanging on white walls
Photograph showing a corner view of an exhibition space, with twelve small paintings hanging on white walls
Photograph showing a view of an exhibition space, with nine small paintings hanging on a white wall
Photograph showing a corner view of an exhibition space, with ten small paintings and two larger paintings hanging on white walls
Photograph showing a corner view of an exhibition space, with nine small paintings and two larger paintings hanging on white walls
Photograph showing a corner view of an exhibition space, with six small paintings hanging on white walls

Selected Works

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Landscape painting with red flowers in the foreground and a small building to the right, surrounded by a lush landscape with a small figure in the center

Leslie's Greenhouse & Poppies, 2004, oil on Masonite, 16 x 16 inches

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Nocturnal painting of a clothesline with three items hanging from it, with a dark landscape in the background and a full moon in the dark sky overhead

Night, 2009, oil on Masonite, 16 x 25 1/4 inches

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Painting of a green landscape with white flowers in the foreground, a wheelbarrow to the right and a small red building in the background

Foxglove and Wheelbarrow, 2006, oil on Masonite, 12 x 16 inches

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Painting of a blue flower against a pale yellow ground

Small Blue Flower, 2009, oil on Masonite, 12 x 11 inches 

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Painting of a close-up view of a blue flower against a pale yellow ground

Foreshortened View, 2009, oil on Masonite, 12 x 19 3/8 inches 

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Painting of six large orange flowers with a green landscape and blue sky in the background

Backlit Dahlias, 2007, oil on Masonite, 19 x 9 inches

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Painting of three orange flowers in a green landscape, with a butterfly perched on the petals of one of the flowers

Bishop's Children & Monarch Butterfly, 2007, oil on Masonite, 17 1/8 x 9 inches 

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Painting of a small path running through a lush green landscape

Garden Path, 2006, oil on Masonite, 16 x 13 inches

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Nocturnal painting of a house with one lighted window set into a dark landscape

Night House, 2012, oil on Masonite, 14 x 20 inches

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Nocturnal painting of a crescent moon in a dark sky, reflecting off a body of water below

Moon Over Mud Flat - 4 AM, 2012, oil on Masonite, 8 5/8 x 9 13/16 inches

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Painting of a close-up view of a flowering seedhead against a pale blue background

Allium Seedhead, 2011, oil on Masonite, 15 x15 inches

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Nocturnal painting of a house with one lighted window, with a dark tree to the left and a half moon in the night sky overhead

Moon + Doorlight, 2012, oil on Masonite, 11 x 16 inches

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Painting of a yellow flowering plant in an interior window with a view of a building in the background

Forsythia in Window, 2012, oil on panel, 18 3/4 x 11 inches

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Painting of a green potted plant in an interior window, with a view of a building and yellow grass in the background

Window with Amaryllis Plant, 2012, oil on panel, 15 x 13 inches

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Painting of snow falling on the roof of a building, with a bare tree and grey sky in the background

March Snow, 2013, oil on panel, 13 x 16 inches

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Painting of a winter landscape, with a bare tree and an evergreen tree in the foreground and a white field of snow and grey mountains in the background

Composition in White, Brown + Grey, 2000, oil on Masonite, 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches

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Painting of a landscape with the side of a white building to the right

Corner of Bakery and Tree, 2002, oil on panel, 14 x 15 inches

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Painting of a view of a window in the side of a building

Bakery Window, 2007, oil on panel, 19 x 13 7/8 inches

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Painting of a view from an interior window, looking out at a tree casting shadows on a roof below

Porch Roof, 2011, oil on panel, 16 3/4 x 13 inches

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Painting of a dried green flowering plant against a yellow background

Dried Queen Anne's Lace, 2013, oil on linen, 58 x 20 inches

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Painting of a green flowering plant against a yellow background

Motherwort, 2013, oil on linen, 42 x 20 inches

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Painting of a deep burgundy flower against an ivory background

Black Scabiosa, Front View, 2013, oil on panel, 16 x 16 inches

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Painting of a side view of a deep burgundy flower against an ivory background

Black Scabiosa (Profile), 2013, oil on panel, 20 x 16 inches

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Painting of a red shirt hanging from a clothesline, with green bushes and a brown building in the background

Red Shirt and Window, 2013, oil on panel, 15 3/4 x 16 inches

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Painting of a lush green landscape with a building in the background

Barn and Bean Vines, 2013, oil on panel, 15 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches

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Painting of a light pink flower against a yellow background

Pink Scabiosa, 2013, oil on panel, 16 x 12 inches

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Painting of yellow flowering plants in a lush green landscape

Jerusalem Artichokes and Bean Vines, 2013, oil on panel, 20 x 12 3/4 inches

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Painting of a back view of a pink flower against a lavender background

Pink Scabiosa, Back View, 2013, oil on panel, 20 x 18 1/4 inches

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Painting of a building with snow on the roof, with a bare tree and grey sky in the background

Jan. House, 2011, oil on Masonite, 12 x 11 1/2 inches

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Landscape painting with red flowers in the foreground and a small building to the right, surrounded by a lush landscape with a small figure in the center

Leslie's Greenhouse & Poppies, 2004, oil on Masonite, 16 x 16 inches

Nocturnal painting of a clothesline with three items hanging from it, with a dark landscape in the background and a full moon in the dark sky overhead

Night, 2009, oil on Masonite, 16 x 25 1/4 inches

Painting of a green landscape with white flowers in the foreground, a wheelbarrow to the right and a small red building in the background

Foxglove and Wheelbarrow, 2006, oil on Masonite, 12 x 16 inches

Painting of a blue flower against a pale yellow ground

Small Blue Flower, 2009, oil on Masonite, 12 x 11 inches 

Painting of a close-up view of a blue flower against a pale yellow ground

Foreshortened View, 2009, oil on Masonite, 12 x 19 3/8 inches 

Painting of six large orange flowers with a green landscape and blue sky in the background

Backlit Dahlias, 2007, oil on Masonite, 19 x 9 inches

Painting of three orange flowers in a green landscape, with a butterfly perched on the petals of one of the flowers

Bishop's Children & Monarch Butterfly, 2007, oil on Masonite, 17 1/8 x 9 inches 

Painting of a small path running through a lush green landscape

Garden Path, 2006, oil on Masonite, 16 x 13 inches

Nocturnal painting of a house with one lighted window set into a dark landscape

Night House, 2012, oil on Masonite, 14 x 20 inches

Nocturnal painting of a crescent moon in a dark sky, reflecting off a body of water below

Moon Over Mud Flat - 4 AM, 2012, oil on Masonite, 8 5/8 x 9 13/16 inches

Painting of a close-up view of a flowering seedhead against a pale blue background

Allium Seedhead, 2011, oil on Masonite, 15 x15 inches

Nocturnal painting of a house with one lighted window, with a dark tree to the left and a half moon in the night sky overhead

Moon + Doorlight, 2012, oil on Masonite, 11 x 16 inches

Painting of a yellow flowering plant in an interior window with a view of a building in the background

Forsythia in Window, 2012, oil on panel, 18 3/4 x 11 inches

Painting of a green potted plant in an interior window, with a view of a building and yellow grass in the background

Window with Amaryllis Plant, 2012, oil on panel, 15 x 13 inches

Painting of snow falling on the roof of a building, with a bare tree and grey sky in the background

March Snow, 2013, oil on panel, 13 x 16 inches

Painting of a winter landscape, with a bare tree and an evergreen tree in the foreground and a white field of snow and grey mountains in the background

Composition in White, Brown + Grey, 2000, oil on Masonite, 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches

Painting of a landscape with the side of a white building to the right

Corner of Bakery and Tree, 2002, oil on panel, 14 x 15 inches

Painting of a view of a window in the side of a building

Bakery Window, 2007, oil on panel, 19 x 13 7/8 inches

Painting of a view from an interior window, looking out at a tree casting shadows on a roof below

Porch Roof, 2011, oil on panel, 16 3/4 x 13 inches

Painting of a dried green flowering plant against a yellow background

Dried Queen Anne's Lace, 2013, oil on linen, 58 x 20 inches

Painting of a green flowering plant against a yellow background

Motherwort, 2013, oil on linen, 42 x 20 inches

Painting of a deep burgundy flower against an ivory background

Black Scabiosa, Front View, 2013, oil on panel, 16 x 16 inches

Painting of a side view of a deep burgundy flower against an ivory background

Black Scabiosa (Profile), 2013, oil on panel, 20 x 16 inches

Painting of a red shirt hanging from a clothesline, with green bushes and a brown building in the background

Red Shirt and Window, 2013, oil on panel, 15 3/4 x 16 inches

Painting of a lush green landscape with a building in the background

Barn and Bean Vines, 2013, oil on panel, 15 3/4 x 18 1/4 inches

Painting of a light pink flower against a yellow background

Pink Scabiosa, 2013, oil on panel, 16 x 12 inches

Painting of yellow flowering plants in a lush green landscape

Jerusalem Artichokes and Bean Vines, 2013, oil on panel, 20 x 12 3/4 inches

Painting of a back view of a pink flower against a lavender background

Pink Scabiosa, Back View, 2013, oil on panel, 20 x 18 1/4 inches

Painting of a building with snow on the roof, with a bare tree and grey sky in the background

Jan. House, 2011, oil on Masonite, 12 x 11 1/2 inches