THIRD STREET GALLERY ARCHIVE: 2017 EXHIBITIONS: all my pretty ones: paintings by kathleen mahoney-cobb

Humboldt State University Third Street Gallery presents, all my pretty ones, a solo exhibition of paintings by Kathleen Mahoney-Cobb. The show runs from October 3 through November 5. Mahoney-Cobb, raised in Northern California, is an abstract painter currently residing in Providence, Rhode Island. 

An alumna of the Rhode Island School of Design, she has worked in various mediums including paint, photography and graphic design. From 2010 to 2012 she co-founded and ran the organization, Finch & Ada, a curatorial collaboration focused on creating contemporary fine art exhibitions that showcased original ideas and fresh talent from an array of artistic disciplines.

Mahoney-Cobb’s painting practice is informed by her understanding of the history of abstraction and surrealism in fine art. Her paintings focus on the relationships of space, color and texture. She explores these combinations while unveiling an emotive tone in the painting. She describes her mark making as a meditative practice that reveals the trajectory of her decision-making in the creation of each piece. As the viewer follows the movements of her brush, her abstractions begin to create a sense of time, space and movement within the confines of each canvas, inviting an individual response from each viewer.

all my pretty ones is produced by students enrolled in the Museum and Gallery Practices Program at Humboldt State University. These students participate in the planning and production of exhibitions at HSU Third Street Gallery. The gallery provides real-life opportunities for the students to develop their gallery and museum skills, which in turn provides them with experience that will help them to enter the job market. Many students who have participated in the program have gone on to careers in museums and galleries throughout the nation.

Exhibition Schedule and Location 
The exhibition will run from October 3 through November 5. The gallery is open daily from noon to 5 p.m.  A reception for the artist will be held at HSU Third Street Gallery Saturday, October 7, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. during Eureka's monthly Arts Alive event. Humboldt State University Third Street Gallery is located at 416 Third Street Eureka, California.  For more information, call (707) 443-6363

The more I paint, the more I want to paint.

My work is the product of a deep love with painting, and its many possibilities. Working in the traditions of abstraction and surrealism has given me the freedom and the visual framework to realize my deepest desires and personal mythologies through paint. By building up and breaking down many layers over time I am able to explore the physical and emotional impacts of paint, create a sense of time, space, and movement within the confines of the canvas, inviting an extended communion between the viewer and the work. By engaging with the work over time in a meditative and present fashion the work can continue to expand and evolve. In this way, the viewer can become absorbed within.

Kathleen Mahoney-Cobb
Autumn, 2017