Dennis Sheehan, born in Boston in 1950, is a member
of the Guild of Boston Artists. His lush pastorals reverentially celebrate the unspoiled beauty of a pre-industrial rural America. Inspired by the 19th-century tonalists and by the Barbizon School of French landscape painting, Dennis's work graces hundreds of private collections throughout North America, including those of Presidents Obama and Clinton.
Dennis Sheehan, born in Boston in 1950, is a member of the Guild of Boston Artists. His work is in major public and private collections, including the White House. Sheehan paints in the Barbizon mode with remarkable authority and faithful adherence to his 19th century precursors. In the tradition of the Tonalist painters, Sheehan creates landscapes of mood, affected by nature's changing seasons.
" My goal is to have the painting emanate light, rather than be just a surface that records the reflections of light. This is why the shadow areas are important; for it is from them that this emanation proceeds. The light areas are focal points of this effort, but the power comes from the shadows."
Dennis Sheehan
of the Guild of Boston Artists. His lush pastorals reverentially celebrate the unspoiled beauty of a pre-industrial rural America. Inspired by the 19th-century tonalists and by the Barbizon School of French landscape painting, Dennis's work graces hundreds of private collections throughout North America, including those of Presidents Obama and Clinton.
Dennis Sheehan, born in Boston in 1950, is a member of the Guild of Boston Artists. His work is in major public and private collections, including the White House. Sheehan paints in the Barbizon mode with remarkable authority and faithful adherence to his 19th century precursors. In the tradition of the Tonalist painters, Sheehan creates landscapes of mood, affected by nature's changing seasons.
" My goal is to have the painting emanate light, rather than be just a surface that records the reflections of light. This is why the shadow areas are important; for it is from them that this emanation proceeds. The light areas are focal points of this effort, but the power comes from the shadows."
Dennis Sheehan