Maroon Bells, CO – 2014, Oil on canvas, 90 x 114 inches
bk projects is honored to announce Sue McNally’s painting, Maroon Bells, CO has been acquired by the Addison Gallery of American Art.
Sue McNally is an artist living in Rhode Island and when life permits, rural southeast Utah. She holds an MFA in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, and a BFA from the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI. Sue has been painting the landscape for over 35 years and she has shown her work throughout the country, most recently at the North Dakota Museum of Art in Grand Forks, ND
In addition to the Addison Gallery of American Art, Sue’s work is in the permanent collections of the North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND; Tamarind Institute Archive, Albuquerque, NM; RISD Museum, Providence, RI; Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA; Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI; Wellington Management Corporate Art Collection, Boston, MA and Fidelity Investment Corporate Collection, Boston, MA
Sue’s painting, Maroon Bells, CO, is part of an ongoing series of large size paintings that represent each of the 50 States. Sue has traveled extensively throughout the country for over 30 years, spending extended time in rural and remote locations paying homage to the vast and diverse American landscape.
Sue is honored to have Maroon Bells, CO join such an important and lasting American Art collection.
see more of Sue McNally’s work here
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ADDISON GALLERY OF AMERICAN ART is home to a world-class collection of American art, located on the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover, MA and has one of the most important collections of American art in the country. The museum’s founding collection included major works by such prominent American artists as John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, Maurice Prendergast, John Singer Sargent, John Twachtman, and James McNeill Whistler.
Aggressive purchasing and generous gifts have added works by such artists as Alexander Calder, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley, Hans Hofmann, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Charles Sheeler, John Sloan, Frank Stella, Mark Bradford, Kerry James Marshall, Lorna Simpson, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, and Kara Walker.
