Tim Braden: The Colouring Garden

January 18 - March 23,2025

From McClain Gallery: "We are pleased to welcome Tim Braden for his first solo exhibition with McClain Gallery, Tim Braden: The Colouring Garden which opens Saturday, January 18 and will be on view until March 8, 2025. The exhibition will feature works from a new series which gathers both interior scenes and abstracted landscapes. A carefully orchestrated riot of colors pours from the paintings, and Braden’s attention to art history and the methods that make artists artisans is on display in this enchanting group of works. Wielding a delicate brush on his spare surfaces, Braden's impeccable understanding of color, light, and place shines. Braden will join us for the opening on Saturday, January 18. Information about the artist reception to follow. For more information or to schedule a viewing of his work, please email or call us at (713) 520-9988. We are grateful to Ryan Lee Gallery for their collaboration. Tim Braden (b. 1975 Perth, Scotland) is a London-based artist who works primarily in painting, incorporating a myriad of techniques and approaches. Using different types of paint, supports, and application to explore subtle shifts in space, mood and tone, Braden’s work is ultimately drawn from a close reading of his environment and an attempt to depict the act of looking at things. The work he produces ranges from tight figuration to total abstractions, in which he dissolves recognizable images and reconstructs them within his simultaneously precise and aerial style. His vivid and colorful works derive from a wide range of stylistic influences, including French Impressionism, Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Sonia Delaunay and Roberto Burle Marx. Braden received his MA from Ruskin School of Fine Art at Oxford University and attended Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. His work has been exhibited at The Corn Hall, England; Frac, France; Henry Moore Institute, England; Baibakov Art Projects, Russia; Gemeentemuseum, The Netherlands; Goethe Institute, New York, NY; Schloss Ringenberg, Germany; Van Gogh Museum, The Netherlands; Museum Van Loon, The Netherlands; Hamburger Bahnhof, Germany; and Kunstnernes Hus, Norway, among others. It is held in the collections of Ashmolean Museum, UK; Cazenove Collection, UK; Lazards Collection, UK; Nederlandse Bank (Dutch National Bank), Amsterdam; Pembroke College, UK; Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, UK and the Zabludowicz Collection, UK."

Reception: January 18, 2025 | 5-7 pm

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