Sean Cain
Installation View | June 2017
Installation View | June 2017
Installation View | June 2017
Installation View | June 2017
Installation View | June 2017
Installation View | June 2017
Installation View | June 2017
Partially draped figures in magenta and spring green with Eakin's "The Champion, Single Sculls"
2017
acrylic on board
12.75 x 11 inches framed
Draped figure in blue with La Tour's "St. Sebastian"
2017
acrylic on board
12.75 x 15.5 inches framed
Two figures in brown and violet with Giotto's "Joachim and Anna"
2017
acrylic on board
6 x 14 inches framed
Green figure with Piero della Francesca fragment
2017
acrylic on board
11.5 x 13 inches framed
Purple figure waving cloth with Stubb's "Whistlejacket"
2017
acrylic on board
11 x 15.5 inches framed
Reclining figure with Mausoleum of Galla Placidia
2017
acrylic on board
14.5 x 11.25 inches framed
Triptych with magenta and blue striding figures and Cole's "Oxbow"
2017
acrylic on board
9 x 17.5 inches framed
Trio with falling cloth
2017
acrylic on board
10.5 x 22.5 inches framed
Blue figure with raised arms and Courbet's "Rock Breakers"
2017
acrylic on board
6.75 x 9.25 inches framed
Brown figure waving cloth with colorful highlights
2017
acrylic on board
9 x 12.75 inches framed
Grey figure with Zurburan still life
2017
acrylic on board
12.75 x 10.5 inches framed
Purple figure hidden behind cloth with Caravaggio's "Conversion of St. Paul"
2017
acrylic on board
10.5 x 12.5 inches framed
Sky blue figure shielding eyes with Rembrandt's "Prodigal Son"
2017
acrylic on board
10.25 x 12.5 inches framed
Museum doorway with Van Eyck's "Portrait of Man"
2017
acrylic on board
10.25 x 12/5 inches framed
Triptych with trompe l'oeil ivory of Creation, kneeling figure, and Weyden's "Portrait of a Lady"
2017
acrylic on board
12.75 x 15.5 inches framed
Triptych with vermillion and teal figures with Ben Nicholson still life
2017
acrylic on board
9.25 x 17.75 inches framed
Triptych with teal and violet figures with Stubbs "White Horse"
2017
acrylic on board
16.5 x 11 inches framed
Triptych with green and pink dancing figures and Fantin-Latour still life
2017
acrylic on board
10.25 x 17.25 inches framed
Diptych with violet seated figure and Fantin-Latour "Nasturtiums"
2017
acrylic on board
10 x 17.75 inches framed
“I wanted to swim around pictures I’ve always loved,” said the artist Sean Cain, regarding his June exhibition at Russo Lee Gallery. The artist reveals a new approach to the figure, creating diptychs and triptychs of his familiar models in random poses, juxtaposed with iconic masterpieces from art history, sometimes alluding to religious symbolism. The structure and modeling of these dynamic small works have a joyful yet intimate paint-by-number, color-block feel. Similar to his previous work, these paintings draw the viewer in and then prompt efforts of individual interpretation. They are both beautiful and enigmatic.
A graduate of the Pacific Northwest College of Art in 1994, Sean Cain also studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. Cain has been in numerous exhibitions at the Laura Russo Gallery. His work has been included in group exhibitions at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, The Art Gym at Marylhurst University, and the Portland Art Museum in Oregon.