40cm x 40cm

About artist: Born in 1968, Martin McCann was lucky to have witnessed the many influential bands who came to play during the 1980’s and following a natural instinct, his singing voice led him to front the Dublin band SACK. His extensive portfolio includes worldwide tours and four studio albums of which the current offering entitled, Wake Up People! is receiving major accolades across press and media platforms. No stranger to the recording studio and the live stage his entire adult life, Martin has also sang with the RTE Concert orchestra and dabbled in critically acclaimed theatre productions taking him as far afield as the USA and New Zealand. Besides his ongoing involvement on the musical side of creativity, It’s now no surprise that Martin has channeled his artistic prowess and following a successful exhibition of his paintings in 2019 as part of the Culture Night festivities in Dublin, he has been well and truly catapulted into the visual arena to fulfil a lifetime ambition as a visual artist. In Summer 2023, Martin was invited to the beautiful Rathfarnham Castle in Dublin for his largest exhibition to date. The seven week residency spanning over three rooms featured 39 pieces ranging in size from 120cm sq to 30cm sq cradled boards. The exhibition entitled WABI SABI, relates to the Japanese aesthetic of the beauty of insignificance.

About artwork: Raised Red' was part of an exhibition, WABI SABI. As a painter, I aspire to paint flawed insignificance. I am drawn to the Japanese aesthetic concept of Wabi Sabi, which champions the beauty of imperfection, the transient and the incomplete. Wabi Sabi values the beauty of impermanence, simplicity, and celebrates the natural cycle of growth and decay, as well as the acceptance of the inevitable flaws and limitations of existence. In Japanese culture, “wabi” refers to a sense of rustic simplicity, solitude, and austerity, while “sabi” represents the beauty of ageing, wear and tear, and the patina that objects acquire over time. Wabi Sabi appreciates the beauty of the imperfect, incomplete, and asymmetrical, and finds value in the subtle, humble, and understated. This philosophy of life emphasises the importance of mindfulness, acceptance, and living in the present moment, as embracing such qualities can bring a deeper sense of appreciation and contentment to our lives. Photographs taken on various trips around the world inspire the initial mark-making of a selection in this group of mixed media paintings incorporating cold wax medium, oil paint and collage while the majority are merely an homage to Wabi Sabi. On execution, the paintings, predominately on custom made cradled boards often embark on their own journey, and as the alchemy unfolds, they tend to dictate their own destiny and present a whole new reason for existing.

Website: https://martinmccannart.com

Instagram handle:: @maxi68

Excellent Condition

Oil and Cold Wax Medium

Yes