Mulvenna's work embraces the patterns of Nature both in subject matter and in the development of his paintings. Layers of paint and imagery emerge and recede, darken, glow from within and intensify, push and fade. Mulvenna's process searches out harmony with the subjects and the environments, distills a rhythm of visual essence. The paintings seem to exist comfortably into their frames to then push with pulse back out into something new. Environments are familiar despite the disconnect from common appearance. His surreal landscapes are slightly abstracted,...more
