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Thomas Mullany
is ‘a painter for
all seasons’
By Diana Bird
Special to the Rappahannock News
Thomas Mullany’s exhibition of 24 works of various sizes and subjects at the r. h. ballard gallery in the Tbwn of Washington will impress the viewer initially as pictures of a subdued nature, the opposite of a flamboyant colorist.
He paints in oils, gouache, watercolor and uses pencil. Cool blues, warm sunset and sunrise pinks, peach and creamy tans are among his favorite colors.
Upon close inspection, one is surprised at the variety of subjects. Several are of local scenes. An especially arresting one is “Fruit Tree Lane,” a scene on the Lee farm off Fodder stack Road, an oil on panel marked by a brilliant blue sky, a yellow-tan lane leading to a red barn. Black wooden fences are in the right and left foreground. It is displayed in a wide, old-fashioned wooden, goldleafed frame and would light up any room.
One of the larger pictures, 24 x 30 inches, an oil on canvas, is “St. Patrick When a Slave Shepherd,” which carries the viewer away with its heart-felt appeal. The young St. Patrick is seated alone at night on a hillside, his back to a camp fire in a stone lined circle which lights his scantily clad body, hands raised in prayer as he gazes skyward.
Lying behind him are 10 sheep and lambs, dozing in the firelight. A knapsack and water bottle are hung from an upstanding stone on which characteristic prehistoric circles have been etched. This historical picture reminds us of how St. Patrick was captured in England, sold into slavery in Ireland and there became convinced that he had a mission to convert the heathen natives.
Anyone who bought this lovely image would immediately seek out what he or she could learn about the remarkable St. Patrick.
Thomas Mullany believes in making you laugh through fantasy and incongruity.
He gives you room to imagine all
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