Lee Anne Swanson-Peet @ Soo Visual Art Center
Wednesday 10 December @ 12:44:47 |
 by Clea Felien
I love the way Lee Anne Swanson-Peet paints. Her subject matter is always clever and chic. She’s one of the “grooviest” painters in town.
In her 007 film-inspired show at Soo Visual Arts, Bond Girl: Paintings, you will recognize imagery from “Diamonds are Forever,” “Dr. No,” “The Spy Who Loved Me,” “The Man With The Golden Gun” and more.
“Sharp Shooter” by Lee Anne Swanson-Peet
Swanson-Peet’s extensive body of work contains more than 40 works of art. All her paintings are juicy and colorful. Swanson-Peet draws with graphite and paints with oil on board. She then seals the painting in epoxy, creating a lush surface that glistens and almost drips. “Watertower” is a gorgeous painting of red and white checked watertowers, with a splash of blue background. It is a landscape painting comparable to the masters.
A series of small square paintings are hung on a long wall to create an intimate groovy tableau. One small piece, “Composite,” from the “Spy Who Loved Me,” is unique to Swanson-Peet’s body of work. “Composite” is not a 3-D realistic painting, but more like a series of overlapped drawings. The first layer is a red background, on top of that the shape of a TV screen in blue, on top of that a drawing of a female in light blue line, with another female in yellow line on top of that. This piece shows an innovative use of line drawing, and is a bold departure from her other work.
“Wrong Way” is a very well executed, realistically rendered scene. Here we see a beautiful airport sign, a car and a tree line. “Wrong Way” really shows off Swanson-Peet’s painting skills.
Also interesting is a very large close up of an abstracted dog. The dog has a dark blue background, red mouth, and white-blue blurry fur. This piece gets you up close and personal with the animal, movement, teeth and all.
Bond Girl: Paintings runs through Jan. 4. Soo Visual Art Center, 2642 Lyndale Ave. S., Mpls. Gallery hours: M, W, Th 12–6. Weekends 12–4. Closed Tuesdays. 612-871-2263.
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