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Lois Dodd - Selected Panel Paintings - Exhibitions - Alexandre Gallery

Lois Dodd, Romona's Garage, 1986, oil on Masonite, 16 7/8 x 18 inches 

Alexandre Gallery is pleased to announce Lois Dodd: Small Panel Paintings, on view through February 16, 2013. This exhibition will feature 32 oil paintings from 1967 to 2012 and is presented in celebration of the final venue of Dodd’s traveling career retrospective Lois Dodd: Catching the Light, which opens at the Portland Museum of Art (Maine) on January 17, 2013.

For over fifty years Dodd 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 panel paintings are almost always completed in one sitting plein-air. Her subjects include rambling old New England farm structures, lush summer gardens, stone quarries, snow and ice flow in the Delaware, views from her Second Street windows and the various interiors in which she lives and works. She often returns to the same familiar motifs again and again at different times of the year, but with dramatically varied results.

Director of the Portland Museum Mark Bessire writes, “(Dodd’s) paintings offer a profound meditation on light and the natural world, as well as the seemingly simple act of looking out one’s own window and experiencing the beauty outside.” Retrospective exhibition curator Barbara O’Brien says, “(Dodd’s) paintings are premised on the truth that she stood in this place, with the light casting shadows just so, the temperature of the air warm or cool.” The critic Grace Glueck has written, “transforming the commonplace into art has long been the province of Lois Dodd.”

Lois Dodd (b. 1927) 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 50 one-person exhibitions. This show marks her ninth at the gallery.

Selected Works

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Painting of an interior of dark wood, with a window looking out to a green tree and blue sky

Barn Window - Blue Sky, 2011, oil on Masonite, 15 3/4 x 13 1/8 inches

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Painting of a close-up view of a flower head with pale yellow petals against a pink background

Echinacea, 2011, oil on Masonite, 18 1/8 x 15 3/4 inches

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Painting of two windows in a purple interior with a white curtain between them, looking out at a snow-covered building and landscape

Double Window and Curtain, 2009, oil on Masonite, 18 x 17 inches

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Painting of a lush green landscape with grey tree in the foreground

Hackmatack Shadow, 2007, oil on Masonite, 11 x 14 3/4 inches

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Painting of red flowers in deep blue-green foliage

Red Dahlias, Bronze Foliage, 2007, oil on Masonite, 12 x 13 7/8 inches

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Painting of a purple flower with green foliage in the background

Columbine, 2007, oil on Masonite, 11 x 10 7/8 inches

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Painting of a close-up view of white flowers surrounded by green foliage

Brugmansia, 2007, oil on Masonite, 11 x 15 inches

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Painting of a bare bush surrounded by snow

Barberry Bush, February, 1995, oil on Masonite, 14 x 15 inches

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Painting of blue shadows cast by a tree onto snow-covered ground

Tree Shadow on Snow, 1995, oil on Masonite, 13 x 17 inches

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Painting of various trees in a landscape

White Blossoms in Woods, 1993, oil on Masonite, 18 x 15 inches

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Painting of a white building surrounded by lush green landscape

Romona's Garage, 1986, oil on Masonite, 16 7/8 x 18 inches 

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Painting of two trees in a green field

Apple Tree, Vermont, 1988, oil on Masonite, 19 x 12 3/4 inches

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Painting of a brown building with six windows and a pale blue sky in the background

South End of the House, 1983, oil on Masonite, 20 x 13 inches 

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Painting of a building with snow on part of the roof and bare trees and a grey sky in the background

The Barn, Blairstown, December, 1983, oil on panel, 12 x 14 inches

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Painting of various trees in a snow-covered field, with a building and mountains in the background

Morning Snowfield - Small, 1983, oil on Masonite, 12 x 20 inches

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Painting of laundry hanging from a clothesline connecting to the side of a building, with yellow grass and green trees in the background

View from Corner of Chicken House (Small), 1983, oil on Masonite, 17 x 18 7/8 inches 

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Painting of patches of snow in a yellow field, with a small building and brown trees in the background

Snow Patches, 1983, oil on Masonite, 15 x 20 inches 

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Painting of a snow-covered field with bare trees in the background

Snow in Cove, 1982, oil on Masonite, 13 x 18 inches 

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Painting of the side of a white building with blue shadows cast by two window awnings

Windows, Awning, 1981, oil on Masonite, 15 x 15 3/4 inches 

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Landscape painting of evergreen trees in a forest

The Woods, Fir Trees, 1968, oil on Masonite, 15 x 14 inches

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Painting of a doorway in the side of a dilapidated building

Doorway, c. 1986, oil on Masonite, 20 x 14 inches

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Painting of three yellow pieces of cloth fluttering on a clothesline, surrounded by green grass

Three Yellow Curtains Blowing, c. 1980, oil on Masonite, 16 1/4 x 18 3/4 inches 

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Painting of various trees and rocks in a snow-covered landscape

Trees + Rocks in Snow | Snow Covered Outcroppings, 1977, oil on Masonite, 15 x 15 3/4 inches

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Nocturnal painting of the moon behind a group of tall trees

Moonlight in Woods, 1977, oil on Masonite, 24 1/2 x 12 inches

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Nocturnal painting of moonlight illuminating a building behind a group of tall trees

Moonlight in Woods with House, 1977, oil on Masonite, 24 1/2 x 12 inches

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Painting of two buildings in a snowy landscape, with bare trees in the foreground

Garage on Millbrook Road, 1976, oil on Masonite, 12 x 17 7/8 inches

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Painting of a forest landscape covered in snow

Vertical Winter Woods in Snowstorm, 1976, oil on Masonite, 28 x 17 inches

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Painting of two buildings surrounded by green grass, with a blue sky overhead

Back View of Barn, 1968, oil on Masonite, 14 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches

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Painting of a window with parted curtains in the side of a white building

Upstairs Window, 1968, oil on Masonite, 17 x 14 inches 

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Painting of two buildings surrounded by lush green landscape with a blue sky overhead

Barn + House, 1967, oil on Masonite, 16 x 16 inches

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Painting of a white building with pink flowering foliage in the front and a blue sky overhead

Cushing House, 1967, oil on Masonite, 16 x 18 1/2 inches

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Painting of an interior of dark wood, with a window looking out to a green tree and blue sky

Barn Window - Blue Sky, 2011, oil on Masonite, 15 3/4 x 13 1/8 inches

Painting of a close-up view of a flower head with pale yellow petals against a pink background

Echinacea, 2011, oil on Masonite, 18 1/8 x 15 3/4 inches

Painting of two windows in a purple interior with a white curtain between them, looking out at a snow-covered building and landscape

Double Window and Curtain, 2009, oil on Masonite, 18 x 17 inches

Painting of a lush green landscape with grey tree in the foreground

Hackmatack Shadow, 2007, oil on Masonite, 11 x 14 3/4 inches

Painting of red flowers in deep blue-green foliage

Red Dahlias, Bronze Foliage, 2007, oil on Masonite, 12 x 13 7/8 inches

Painting of a purple flower with green foliage in the background

Columbine, 2007, oil on Masonite, 11 x 10 7/8 inches

Painting of a close-up view of white flowers surrounded by green foliage

Brugmansia, 2007, oil on Masonite, 11 x 15 inches

Painting of a bare bush surrounded by snow

Barberry Bush, February, 1995, oil on Masonite, 14 x 15 inches

Painting of blue shadows cast by a tree onto snow-covered ground

Tree Shadow on Snow, 1995, oil on Masonite, 13 x 17 inches

Painting of various trees in a landscape

White Blossoms in Woods, 1993, oil on Masonite, 18 x 15 inches

Painting of a white building surrounded by lush green landscape

Romona's Garage, 1986, oil on Masonite, 16 7/8 x 18 inches 

Painting of two trees in a green field

Apple Tree, Vermont, 1988, oil on Masonite, 19 x 12 3/4 inches

Painting of a brown building with six windows and a pale blue sky in the background

South End of the House, 1983, oil on Masonite, 20 x 13 inches 

Painting of a building with snow on part of the roof and bare trees and a grey sky in the background

The Barn, Blairstown, December, 1983, oil on panel, 12 x 14 inches

Painting of various trees in a snow-covered field, with a building and mountains in the background

Morning Snowfield - Small, 1983, oil on Masonite, 12 x 20 inches

Painting of laundry hanging from a clothesline connecting to the side of a building, with yellow grass and green trees in the background

View from Corner of Chicken House (Small), 1983, oil on Masonite, 17 x 18 7/8 inches 

Painting of patches of snow in a yellow field, with a small building and brown trees in the background

Snow Patches, 1983, oil on Masonite, 15 x 20 inches 

Painting of a snow-covered field with bare trees in the background

Snow in Cove, 1982, oil on Masonite, 13 x 18 inches 

Painting of the side of a white building with blue shadows cast by two window awnings

Windows, Awning, 1981, oil on Masonite, 15 x 15 3/4 inches 

Landscape painting of evergreen trees in a forest

The Woods, Fir Trees, 1968, oil on Masonite, 15 x 14 inches

Painting of a doorway in the side of a dilapidated building

Doorway, c. 1986, oil on Masonite, 20 x 14 inches

Painting of three yellow pieces of cloth fluttering on a clothesline, surrounded by green grass

Three Yellow Curtains Blowing, c. 1980, oil on Masonite, 16 1/4 x 18 3/4 inches 

Painting of various trees and rocks in a snow-covered landscape

Trees + Rocks in Snow | Snow Covered Outcroppings, 1977, oil on Masonite, 15 x 15 3/4 inches

Nocturnal painting of the moon behind a group of tall trees

Moonlight in Woods, 1977, oil on Masonite, 24 1/2 x 12 inches

Nocturnal painting of moonlight illuminating a building behind a group of tall trees

Moonlight in Woods with House, 1977, oil on Masonite, 24 1/2 x 12 inches

Painting of two buildings in a snowy landscape, with bare trees in the foreground

Garage on Millbrook Road, 1976, oil on Masonite, 12 x 17 7/8 inches

Painting of a forest landscape covered in snow

Vertical Winter Woods in Snowstorm, 1976, oil on Masonite, 28 x 17 inches

Painting of two buildings surrounded by green grass, with a blue sky overhead

Back View of Barn, 1968, oil on Masonite, 14 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches

Painting of a window with parted curtains in the side of a white building

Upstairs Window, 1968, oil on Masonite, 17 x 14 inches 

Painting of two buildings surrounded by lush green landscape with a blue sky overhead

Barn + House, 1967, oil on Masonite, 16 x 16 inches

Painting of a white building with pink flowering foliage in the front and a blue sky overhead

Cushing House, 1967, oil on Masonite, 16 x 18 1/2 inches