Work of the Week – Mary Moquin, INSEPARABLE

“Inseparable” is the largest of several paintings from Mary Moquin’s series of Sandy Neck cottage paintings on view at Chapman Art Gallery. “I have spent many hours, over many years, closely observing and meditating on the structures that surround my summer home,” Mary has written. “I have become fascinated by their geometry and the additional shapes created by cast shadows that change and turn depending on my vantage point and the sun’s position. … I’m not trying to replicate exactly what it looked like but more of what it felt like to look at them.” As you might imagine from the snow in this gorgeous painting, Mary visits her cottage even in the winter. She also has a beautiful 9-minute YouTube video about living and working there. You’ll not only get a good understanding of how her paintings express her experience of the cottages, but you’ll probably feel like you’re right out there with her on the windswept dunes of Sandy Neck!  See Mary Moquin’s video here