Larry Caveney

LARRY CAVENEY AND THE FOUR ELEMENTS

by Mat Gleason


What appear to be paintings from separate Larry Caveney series are actually held together in their conceptual approach, much as their subject matter might differ. They say dancers are as much athletes as those paid to play sports so there is a thread of connection there too. But look closer at what the artist does, the four elements are visible in all this work.

Water: The element at the core of Caveney’s practice is the liquid paint he moves around to complete a composition. Frozen water is still water and the permanence of what he leaves can be seen as a purposeful, eternal splash.

Air: The motion depicted here cuts through the air, swirls it all about, be it a dancer’s twirl across the ballroom floor or the bat of a superstar cutting toward the oncoming ball. In these pictures the air is disrupted by greatness and the painting captures this disruption.

Fire: The energy on display burns with the heat of the subject’s intent but also the artist’s as well. The layers of meaning are derived from having captured the explosion of heat, each picture of Caveney’s is defined by what the subject burns.

Earth: The solid object of the pictures is a manifestation of the e...

Education:
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
BBA, Montreat College, Black Mountain, NC
MFA, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT

LARRY EDWIN CAVENEY, M.F.A.
4141 Alabama Street #4 ~ San Diego, California 92104
www.larrycaveney.org


EXHIBITIONS

Education:
Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
BBA, Montreat College, Black Mountain, NC
MFA, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT
Collections:
Permanent collection in Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, NC
Permanent Collection in Casoria Contemporary Museum, Naples Italy
Gallery Representation:
Sparks Gallery, San Diego, Ca
The Chimera Art Gallery, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
Venus Gallery, Palm Desert, Ca
Galerie Blé d'Or, Lille, France
First Gallery, Florence, Italy
Exhibition record
2016-Cat show , S.D.A.I, San Diego, Ca
2016-One man show at the Dakota State University
2015-Ephemeral Objects, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, Ca
2015- International Exhibit SDAI, Balboa Park , San Diego, Ca
2015- What Remains: Debris and Detritus in Fine Art. SDAI, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA
2014-NINTH LIFE: a spooky group show, Lowe Gallery, San Diego, CA
2014- Coastline Community College Art Gallery
2013-Mesa Collage Gallery, San Diego, CA
2013- Time is Love Video Festival, Paris, France
2012-Strange Glue- The Cambridge School of Weston, 45 Georgian Road Weston, MA
2012-QUE VIVAN LOS MUERTOS: a...