Ford P R McLain
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About
Ford P. R. McLain is a primitive-abstract painter living in Albany, New York. He is both a descendent of Italian immigrants and a son of the American Revolution.
His influences include Paul Gauguin (his gateway painter), painters of the New York School of the 1940s and 1950s (Gorky, deKooning, Frankenthaler, Pollock, Mitchell, Kline, et al.), jazz musicians Charles Mingus and Miles Davis, playwright Sam Shepard, and filmmakers David Lynch and Stanley Kubrick. He began as a primitive painter, but in late 2013 McLain moved into abstract painting. Many of McLain’s paintings contain themes of spiritual liberation through the nexus of creativity and sexuality, as well as the collaboration between a painter and his muses.
McLain’s main approach to a...
Galleries
 | | This series may take a while. Enjoy. |
 | | A spin-off gallery of The Fog of Love.
Paintings about timelessness, friendship, and the soul. |
 | | Another spin-off from The Fog of Love, paintings titled as "Untitled" |
 | | Made with a Japanese ink stone and calligraphy brushes. |
 | | New Paintings, using squeegee and other implements, starting in Spring 2023. Title inspired by William Styron's memoir of madness. |
 | | New Paintings of a Spiritual Nature, starting in late 2022, inspired by contemplations and meditations on art and the soul. |
 | | This painting was created between late October and mid-November 2023 |
 | | October 4, 2024 |
 | | Paintings created during the period of the Covid-19 Pandemic (April 2020 - October 2022) |
 | | Paintings and other work inspired by my Crimson Muse. |
 | | Paintings about Metaphysics |
 | | A series of paintings about a road trip of sorts. |
Blog
The Art Life....or At Least My Art LifeCat, coffee, Chucks.New Works In Progress
I am working on some new untitled pieces inspired a bit by Brutalist architecture. For thus one, I laid down canvas on a wood board.
It Begins
A 46" x 48" canvas is stretched and primed, ready for action.
Brutalism
After seeing the movie, "The Brutalist", and walking a number of times past Albany's Capital District Psychiatric Center, I decided to try my hand at a semi-brutalist style for some paintings. This one, in the Senza Titoli gallery, is the first semi-accidental attempt.
The next 20" x 16" will be a genuinely conscious attempt.
Every now and then...
...as a painter, you need to have a little style.
