MICHAEL CASSIDY: Presence, January 23 – February 13, 2020

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Front Yard Prehistory I, 2021,oil on
canvas mounted on panel, 16.5 x 12 in.,
$695

Front Yard Prehistory II, 2021, oil on canvas
mounted on panel, 17.25 x 14.5 in., $825

Observance, 2021, oil on canvas mounted on panel, 
13 x 13 in., $630 SOLD

Presence of Eastatoe, 2021, 
oil on panel, 51 x 30 in., $2,750

Whippoorwill and the Indian Mound,
2021, oil on canvas, 24 x 18 in., $1,025

Cool Air, Ferment of Leaves, She
Crosses The Floodplain To Sleep
Through The Winter Rain, 2020, oil
on canvas, 32 x 26 in., $1,650/SOLD

Messenger V, 2020, oil on canvas,
24 x 18 in., $ 1,025

Lead By The Messages Beneath
The Loam, He Travels On Through
The Butterweed, 2020, oil on
canvas, 32 x 26 in., $1,450

Spanish Still Life And Simpler Times VI,
2020, oil on panel, 6.75 x 6.25 in., $350
SOLD

Spanish Still Life And Simpler
Times VII, 2020, oil on panel, 

Dream Of The Wilderness And The
Mystery VI, 2020, oil on canvas
mounted on panel, 11 x10 in., $525
SOLD

Spanish Still Life And Simpler Times I, 
2020, oil on panel, 8 x 7.75 in., $350
SOLD

Spanish Still Life And Simpler
Times II, 2020, oil on panel,
8 x 5.75 in., $275 SOLD

Spanish Still Life And Simpler Times III, 
2020, oil on panel, 7.75 x 10 in., $425

Spanish Still Life And Simpler
Times IV, 2020, oil on panel,
10 x 7.75 in., $425

Spanish Still Life And Simpler
Times V, 2020, oil on panel,
 10 x 7.75 in., $425

 

MICHAEL CASSIDY: The Unquiet, March 2 – 23, 2019

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On Saturday, March 2, if ART Gallery will open an exhibition with new paintings by West-Columbia artist Michael Cassidy. Michael Cassidy: The Quiet will open that day with a reception from 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Cassidy will present a gallery talk the next week, on Saturday, March 9, at 2:00 p.m. 

            Cassidy, of West Columbia, S.C., is known for his meticulous paintings of flowers and other plants and things such as bricks and antlers, all in solitude, isolated against a dark background. In this new body of work, Cassidy has expanded his subject matter and approach. Included now also are turtles, birds and other small animals, often in combination with plant life or weathered pieces of decorative wood. In several of the paintings featuring a bird, Cassidy has stepped away from his subject’s isolation against a dark background and instead painted the birds on tree limbs against moody gray and blue skies. Cassidy’s paintings also are considerable bigger than in the past.  

          Michael Cassidy (b. 1977, Flint, Mich.) has lived in the Columbia area for some 17 years. He joined if ART Gallery in 2015 and had his first solo exhibition there in 2016. Cassidy was selected for the 701 CCA South Carolina Biennial 2015 at the city’s 701 Center for Contemporary Art. He has had solo exhibitions in 2009 and 2014 in the FAB Gallery at South Carolina State University in Orangeburg, S.C., as well as a 2013 solo show at City Art Gallery in Columbia. Among group exhibitions in which he was included are those at S.C. State University’s I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium and the Anderson Art Center in Anderson, S.C. From 2011 – 2015, Cassidy worked as curator, gallery director and instructor at S.C. State. Since 2015, he works as an exhibits master craftsman at the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia. Cassidy received an MFA from the University of South Carolina in 2014 and holds a BFA from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Michael Cassidy: As They Are, December 3-24, 2016

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Preview of Michael Cassidy: As They Are, December 3-24, 2016

A Tenuous Survival I, 2016,
oil on canvas mounted on panel,
11 x 16 in., $350

A Tenuous Survival II, 2016,
oil on canvas mounted on panel,
14 x 9 in., $450

Autumnal I, 2016, oil on canvas
mounted on panel, 15 1/2 x 11 in., 
$500

Autumnal II, 2016, oil on canvas
mounted on panel, 17 1/2 x 12 in.,
$550

Autumnal III, 2016, oil on canvas
mounted on panel, 15 1/2 x 10 in.,
$475/SOLD

Autumnal IV, 2016, oil on canvas
mounted on panel, 18 x 10 1/2 in.,
$500/SOLD

Autumnal V, 2016, oil on canvas
mounted on panel, 18 x 12 in.,
$550

Solid Pieces I, 2016, oil on canvas mounted on panel,
6 x 7 1/4 in., $200/SOLD

Solid Pieces II, 2016, oil on canvas mounted
on panel, 8 1/2 x 7 1/2 in., $300

Solid Pieces III, 2016, oil on canvas
mounted on panel, 13 1/2 x 10 in.,
$450

The Past They Bear I, 2016, oil on canvas mounted
on panel, 6 1/2 x 5 in., $175

The Past They Bear III, 2016, oil on
canvas mounted on panel, 12 x 9 in.,
$450 /SOLD

The Past They Bear IV, 2016, oil on canvas mounted on
panel, 5 1/2 x 5 in., $150/SOLD

Virility I, 2016, oil on canvas mounted on
panel, 15 x 10 1/2 in., $450

Virility II, 2016, oil on canvas mounted
on panel, 16 1/2 x 13 in., $550

Virility III, 2016, oil on canvas mounted
on panel, 15 x11 in., $500

A Tenuous Survival IV, 2016,
oil on canvas mounted on panel,
14 1/2 x 10 in., $475

A Tenuous Survival V,
2016, oil on canvas mounted
on panel, 15 x 8 1/2 in., $425

Autumnal VI, 2016,
oil on canvas mounted on panel,
18 1/2 x 12 in., $550

Carrier I, 2016,
oil on canvas mounted on panel,
27 x 12 in., $750

The End Of January, 2016,
oil on canvas mounted on panel,
24 x 14 in., $650

The Past They Bear II, 2016, oil on canvas mounted on
panel, 5 1/2 x 5 in., $125

The Past They Bear III, 2016,
oil on canvas mounted on panel,
12 x 9 in., $400

To Make I, 2016, oil on canvas mounted
on panel, 15 3/4 x 12 in., $500/ON HOLD

To Make II, 2016, oil on canvas mounted
on panel, 17 x 12 in., $500/ON HOLD

Late Winter Lion, Recovery, 2016,
oil on canvas mounted on panel,
15 1/4 x 8 1/2 in., $500

Winter Lion Hanging With The Big C
#4, 2016, oil on canvas mounted on
panel, 11 3/4 x 7 1/2 in., $400

Late Winter Lion, Recovery, 2016,
oil on canvas mounted on panel,
10 3/4 x 7 in., $375/SOLD

Winter Lion Hanging With The Big C
#6, 2016, oil on canvas mounted on
panel, 12 1/4 x 8 1/2 in., $400

Queen Anne's Lace 4, 2014, oil 
on canvas mounted on panel, 
17 1/4 x 8 3/4 in., $475/SOLD

Queen Anne's Lace 5, 2014,
oil on canvas mounted on panel,
17 3/4 x 9 1/2 in., $500/SOLD

Echinacea For K, 2015,
oil on canvas mounted 
on panel, 16 3/4 x 11 in.,
$500/SOLD 

Onion Smelling Weed 1, 2015,
oil on canvas mounted on panel,
16 x 9 in., $475

Dandelion 5, 2014, oil on canvas
mounted on panel, 9 3/4 x 7 in., $325