gregory seán sheehan
formations gallery—01

Mountainous terrain has always held me in its sway. Besides being elevating, enchanting, exuberant, and magical, the ‘lay of the land’ will always remain something older and more expansive than our individual experience.

On the map, you may ‘know’ where you are, but out there — off the beaten track, you tend to become absorbed in the midst of a terrain which is simultaneously familiar and yet essentially incomprehensible. And so, the intensity of observation increases with every breath and every step taken.

In the studio I wander in memory across formations whose molten movement came to a standstill approximately 450 million years ago. Perhaps I am more surefooted now, here in a studio among canvases, pigments, brushes and all that magic.



Formations IV
Mountain turf, granite, pigments, on linen
30 x 30 cm | 2020


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Arboretum V
Mountain turf, granite, pigments, on linen
30 x 30 cm | 2020


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Formations VI
Mountain turf, granite, pigments, on canvas
30 x 30 cm | 2020


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Formations IX
Mountain turf, granite, pigments, on wooden panel
20 x 20 cm | 2020


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Formations XI
Mountain turf, granite, pigments, on linen
30 x 30 cm | 2017 - 2021

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Formations XII
Mountain turf, granite, pigments, on linen
30 x 30 cm | 2018 - 2023

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Formations XIII
Mountain turf, granite, pigments, on linen
77 x 67 cm | 2017 - 2020

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Formations XIV
Mountain turf, granite, pigments, on linen
57 x 55 cm | 2018 - 2023

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Formations XV
Mountain turf, granite, pigments, on linen
32 x 25 cm | 2018

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