Circling Back

Joshua Cunningham

January 26 - March 2, 2019

Joshua Cunningham "Smoky Sunset"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | $700.00
image: 8 x 10" | frame: 11 x 13"

Joshua Cunningham "March Afternoon"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 11 x 14" | frame: 14 x 17"

Joshua Cunningham "Winter Along the Trimbelle"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | $6,200.00
image: 30 x 40" | frame: 35.5 x 45.5"

Joshua Cunningham "Midwinter Morning"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 18 x 24" | frame: 24 x 30"

Joshua Cunningham "Knitting and Fishing"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 9 x 12" | frame: 12 x 15"

Joshua Cunningham "Snow on the Kettle"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 18 x 24" | frame: 24 x 30"

Joshua Cunningham "West of Windom"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | $1,100.00
image: 12 x 16" | frame: 15 x 19"

Joshua Cunningham "Spring Vista"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 11 x 14" | frame: 14 x 17"

Joshua Cunningham "Driftless January"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 11 x 14" | frame: 14 x 17"

Joshua Cunningham "September Evening"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 12 x 16" | frame: 15 x 19"

Joshua Cunningham "Suncatchers"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 6 x 8" | frame: 9 x 11"

Joshua Cunningham "Bay City Night Light"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 6 x 8" | frame: 9 x 11"

Joshua Cunningham "Touching Twilight"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | $800.00
image: 9 x 12" | frame: 12 x 15"

Joshua Cunningham "Prairie Lights"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 24 x 36" | frame: 29.5 x 41.5"

Joshua Cunningham "Still Windmill"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | $1,100.00
image: 12 x 16" | frame: 15 x 19"

Joshua Cunningham "Veiled Valley"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 30 x 40" | frame: 35.5 x 45.5"

Joshua Cunningham "Winter Rhythms"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 9 x 12" | frame: 12 x 15"

Joshua Cunningham "Spring Begins"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | $750.00
image: 8 x 12" | frame: 11 x 15"

Joshua Cunningham "Light on Lake Michigan"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | $800.00
image: 9 x 12" | frame: 12 x 15"

Joshua Cunningham "Frost and Fog"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 9 x 12" | frame: 12 x 15"

Joshua Cunningham "Spring Chickens"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 16 x 20" | frame: 21 x 25"

Joshua Cunningham "Catching Shadows"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | $1,100.00
image: 12 x 16" | frame: 15 x 19"

Joshua Cunningham "After the Wind"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | $1,100.00
image: 12 x 16" | frame: 15 x 19"

Joshua Cunningham "Linens and Lilacs"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | $2,800.00
image: 18 x 24" | frame: 24 x 30"

Joshua Cunningham "Melting into March"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 24 x 36" | frame: 29.5 x 41.5"

Joshua Cunningham "Gusty Morning"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | $700.00
image: 8 x 10" | frame: 11 x 13"

Joshua Cunningham "Autumn Trestle"
2019 | oil on mounted linen | SOLD
image: 9 x 12" | frame: 12 x 15"

Joshua Cunningham "Easing Winter"
2018 | oil on mounted linen | $6,200.00
image: 30 x 40" | frame: 35.5 x 45.5"

Circling Back

For Joshua Cunningham, this new body of work encapsulates a season spent returning with fresh eyes to familiar scenes in search of the unfamiliar. Cunningham is seeking out the landscapes that have been described in stories shared by strangers, neighbors, and friends. He sees this exhibition as a season of circling back. Work for this show began after the artist’s father’s death in 2017. His father had been a fervent supporter of his work, and Cunningham leaned into painting as a way of keeping close to his father’s memory.

In Cunningham’s own words, “Grief can be a lens, not only of sadness and loss, but also of appreciation. Seeing the world through a lens of gratitude allowed me to look closer into familiar places for previously unconsidered paintings. My pursuit of painting is most successful when I am present to what is before me, rather than in service to an idea. Each painting, in its time, has been my best answer to what the place asked of me: paint this place, this light, this pervasive mood.”

A Minnesota native from rural Isanti County, Joshua Cunningham currently lives and works in St. Paul. His paintings can be found in private collections throughout the US and have garnered national attention by Plein Air Magazine and Informed Collector. Cunningham joined Groveland Gallery in 2017.

The artist will be present at the opening reception Saturday, January 26 from 2-5 pm. The opening reception and exhibition runs concurrently with Fascinators by Ellen Heck. Both shows continue through March 2, 2019.

Circling Back

Joshua Cunningham

Circling Back

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Groveland Gallery