Vancouver based painter, Erin McSavaney, focuses on architecture; often over-looked or abandoned warehouses, factories, loading docks and alleys. His paintings often depict these buildings at night time when there is no human activity only the eerie light and shadows cast by street lamps. His work refers to photography in their format and high realism but at the same time a relationship to hard-edge abstraction and formalism with his use of straight lines, bold compositions and intersecting planes. In his artist statement, McSavaney states; "Architecture is a mirror to humanity. More specifically, over time, buildings move from reflecting their environment and an architectural "vision" , to revealing their inhabitants and activities."

Erin McSavaney is a graduate from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and has been showing in Vancouver, Seattle, Calgary and Ottawa since 2003.

Education:
1994 - 1998: Capilano College Graphic Design & Illustration 1993 - 1994: Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design

Solo Exhibitions:
2009 Forthcoming, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver BC
2008 Galerie St Laurent + Hill, Ottawa ON
2008 Seven Paintings of South Vancouver, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver BC
2007 Universal Uniform, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver BC
2005 Defenders of the Faith, Harrison Gallery, Vancouver BC
2003 New Paintings, Harrison Gallery, Vancouver BC

Group Exhibitions:
2010 Recent Work, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
2007 Camrose Ducote, Erin McSavaney, Jeroen Witvliet ,Galerie St. Laurent + Hill, Ottawa ON
2007 Dog Days, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver BC
2007 Aggregate Set, LES Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 Toronto International Art Fair, Galerie St. Laurent + Hill, Toronto ON 2006 New Paintings, Artfirm, Calgary AB
2006 Re:Group, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver BC
2006 New Paintings, Galerie St. Laurent + Hill, Ottawa ON 2006 New Paintings, Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle WA
2005 New Paintings, Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle WA
2005 Feel Shame, (2 Person Exhibition), Antisocial Gallery, Vancouver BC
2004 Gallery Artists, Kimzey Miller Gallery, Seattle WA
2001 The Five Show, Josh's Storefront on Main, Vancouver BC
2000 New Artists New Work, Harrison Galleries, Vancouver BC
1999 Federation of Canadian Artists Gallery, Vancouver BC





"Clarke Place, 2010"
Acrylic on Panel
36" x 40"
CDN 4,000 Unframed

"Alexandra Street, 2010"
Acrylic on Panel
36" x 40"
CDN 4,000 Unframed

"Beta Avenue, 2009"
Acrylic on Panel
30" x 36"
CDN 3,600 Unframed

"Knight Street, 2009"
Acrylic on Panel
16" x 36"
Sold

"Riverside Way, 2009"
Acrylic on Canvas
53" x 60"
CDN 6,000 Unframed

"Viking Way, 2009"
Acrylic on Panel
36" x 54"
CDN 5,000 Unframed

"Vulcan Way, 2009"
Acrylic on Panel
36" x 54"
Sold

"West 7th Avenue, 2009"
Acrylic on Panel
26" x 30"
CDN 3,200 Unframed

"East Kent Avenue North, 2009"
Acrylic on Panel
24" x 24"
CDN 2,600 Unframed

"Kent Avenue at Ash Street, 2009"
Acrylic on Panel
24" x 24"
CDN 2,600 Unframed

"Industrial Ave, 2008"
Acrylic on Panel
36" x 36"
CDN 3,800 Unframed

"Super-Valu, Gibbons, 2009"
Acrylic on Panel
16" x 36"
Sold

"11500 River Road'
Acrylic on Panel
30" x 36"
CDN 3,600 Unframed

"Dueck Building,
S.E. Marine Dr."
Acrylic on Panel
24" x 52"
Sold
 

"7500 Fraser Park Dr, 2009"
Acrylic on Panel
16" x 36"
CDN 2,800 Unframed

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