 
Canadian painter John Mackintosh uses a personal iconography and heavily stylized aesthetic that remain widely accessible. His works with acrylic have a sweeping grandeur that evokes an aura of myth and universal resonance. Complex figures and settings burst forth with dramatic and clean three-dimensional hues, eliciting an uncanny impression of volume. Mackintosh uses strong colors, sharp dramatic lines and carefully rendered shading to create a sense of connection and narrative progression that leads viewers through the canvas.
Indeed, much of Mackintosh’s self-taught art practice is informed by his interest in systems of belief, faith and nature. Accordingly, his paintings pose natural shapes, objects and beings in highly-symbolic settings, creating a kind of spiritual model from relatively common figures. In elaborately abstracted backdrops and characters melded with their natural surroundings, viewers get a sense of the metaphysical connections linking supposedly separate entities. Disparate objects brought under John Mackintosh’s softly grandiose aesthetic achieve a kind of synergy, testifying to the presence of some invisible power connecting all living things.
Beyond Borders: Exhibition of Fine Art from Canada
Reception:
Thursday October 2, 2008 6-8 PM
Exhibition Dates:
10/1/2008 - 10/21/2008
Invitation to
John Mackintosh's exhibition
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Beyond Duality Lies
Acrylic on Board
24" x 18"
$2700
Beyond Duality Lies
Acrylic on Board
24" x 18"
$2700
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Heaven and Earth-Union
Acrylic on Board
20" x 16"
$2600
Heaven and Earth-Union
Acrylic on Board
20" x 16"
$2600
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Thy Kingdom Come
Acrylic on Board
20" x 30"
$2900
Thy Kingdom Come
Acrylic on Board
20" x 30"
$2900
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Jessica
Acrylic on Board
20" x 16"
$2600
Jessica
Acrylic on Board
20" x 16"
$2600
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