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Contemporary Artists
 Reflected Light, Yosemite
Joseph McGurl (1958- )
Oil on panel
GIFT OF THE ARTIST
Joseph McGurl’s nationwide reputation rests predominantly on the strength of his major studio landscapes. But the artist himself considers the small, plein-air paintings he does on location – such as “Reflected Light, Yosemite” – to be every bit as important to his growth as an artist. McGurl does these field studies on a regular basis – up to five a day in the summer – taking anywhere from a half-hour to two hours on each one. Occasionally, one of the pieces becomes the springboard for a larger work. In addition to painting near his Cataumet home, McGurl takes frequent painting trips to the Yosemite and Monterey areas of California and up north to the White Mountains and Mount Desert Island.
Winter on Main Street, Hyannis 2004
Janet Munro (1949- )
Mixed media on masonite
GIFT OF THE ARTIST
After vacationing on the Cape for much of her life, nationally known folk artist Janet Munro moved to Hyannis two years ago to be near the ocean year-round. She likes Hyannis because it offers such a diverse cross-section of humanity, has a Main Street bustling with mom-and-pop businesses and is associated with the Kennedy family. Her adopted village is also the scene for this painting of the Hyannis train station and Main Street in 1897, when the local residents enjoyed sleighing on snowy winter afternoons. Often based on her own historical research, Munro’s paintings are inevitably full of delightful details and frequently tell a story. The artist typically mixes a variety of media in her works, including oils, latex house paint, graphite, inks, oil pastels, and varnishes and glazes.
Munro’s work is represented in the collections of the White House and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; the American Folk Art Museum in New York; and the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y. We’re thrilled that the Cahoon Museum can now be added to this impressive list.
 Great Stillness 1992
William Ross Searle (1936- )
Acrylic on linen
GIFT OF THE ARTIST
William Ross Searle was born and raised on Martha’s Vineyard, where his ancestors, Henry and Remember Luce, settled in 1670. Although he now lives in Mashpee, most of his paintings continue to be scenes of his native island. Many of them reflect his fascination with the perimeter of the seashore, that place where land and water meet, creating intriguing contours. This expansive landscape is a view of Menemsha on the southwest corner of Martha’s Vineyard.
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