“The language of painting speaks for itself in a way that words cannot fully grasp.”
John Mulcahy was born in Wollaston, Massachusetts. John’s early inclination for drawing and making pictures caught the eyes of his grade school teachers, and at age eight his work began to be selected for exhibitions. He pursued picture making throughout his education, majoring in art and attending classes at the Museum School in Boston and Massachusetts College of Art. Formal studies continued at the Art Students League in New York City, where he studied under Hilary Holmes and Harvey Dinnerstein. In Litchfield, Connecticut, he worked closely with acclaimed landscape artist, Curtis Hanson. He has participated in local and national shows and has sold work privately and in galleries throughout New England and New York State. Currently a selection of small works are available at Helen Thomas, Simply Smashing. Many of his landscape oils are often painted entirely on the scene, in all seasons and in just about any type of weather. There is a distinct challenge to working this way. Constant variation in weather conditions and often wildly contrasting change of light can prove a trial for the ‘plein air’ painter. Still, he often employs this method of “direct observation,” choosing to work directly and at length with the best information possible. This encourages an understanding of the the essence of the scene he is attempting to translate onto the canvas. Scarcely anything is more important than this. In Mulcahy’s own words, “Direct observation develops the painting and, even more importantly, the painter.”
Education
– University of Massachusetts; BA – Boston, Massachusetts
– Massachusetts College of Art – Boston, Massachusetts
– The School of the Museum of Fine Arts – Boston Massachusetts
– Art Students League – New York, New York
Exhibitions/Galleries
South Shore Art Association – Cohasset, Massachusetts
Art Students League – New York, New York
Federal Reserve Bank – Boston, Massachusetts
Sundance Gallery – Bridgehampton, New York
The County Seat – Litchfield, Connecticut
Woodbury Library – Woodbury, Connecticut
The Birches – New Preston, Connecticut
Oliver Wolcott Library – Litchfield, Connecticut
Academics Artist Association, National Exhibition – Springfield, Massachusetts
Connecticut Landscapes – University of Bridgeport, Connecticut
Newburyport Art Exhibition – Newburyport, Massachusetts
Great Plains National Exhibition – Hays, Kansas
Pentucket Arts Association – Haverhill Massachusetts
Norfolk Library – Norfolk, Connecticut
Bethlehem Art Gallery – New Windsor, New York
Mingo Gallery – Beverly, Massachusetts
Potter and Slack – Washington, Connecticut
Powers Gallery – Acton, Massachusetts
The Gunnery – Washington, Connecticut
Cavalier Gallery – Greenwich, Connecticut, Nantucket, Massachusetts
James Cox Gallery – Willow, New York
Pierce Gallery – Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Wenham Museum – Wenham, Massachusetts
A.R.A Gallery – Wenham, Massachusetts
Stamford Museum – Stamford, Connecticut
Weir Farm Tenth Anniversary Exhibition – Wilton, Connecticut
Weir Farm – Fete Champetre II – Wilton, Connecticut
Crescent Dragon – Haverhill, Massachusetts
Danvers Art Association – Watershed Art – Danvers, Massachusetts
T. Benjamin Fiske – Painting in the moment – Milton, Massachusetts
The Salisbury Association Land Trust – Salisbury, Connecticut
The Essex Art Center – Lawrence, Massachusetts
Paintings from the Sidewalk – Amesbury, Massachusetts
Lobby for the Arts – Amesbury, Massachusetts
Display Case – Reference Area – Alexander Schwartz
The display case contains works by multi-media artist, Alexander Schwartz. alexanderschwartzart.weebly.com