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Joe McFadden
American Oil Painter

McFadden Sold Paintings...with a little story line....

McFadden The Young Attorney

MCFADDEN_THE ADMIRAL'S NEW HAT

 

THE YOUNG ATTORNEY

Whenever I place something on a figure's head, it is indicative of what they are feeling or thinking. Here we have the newly minted jurist, with a head full of ideas and a belly full of torts.

Oil on Canvas
24 x 18 unframed
32 x 26 framed
SOLD

THE ADMIRAL'S NEW HAT

(Lord Admiral Viscount Horatio Nelson)

"After losing his arm in Trafalgar Square, the lads bought him a new hat."

Oil on Linen
30 x 24 framed
38 x 32 framed
SOLD

   
MC FADDEN_FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY
FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY

This is a study for Faith, Hope and Charity. Faith is an act of passion and passion is red, so the hat, which is near her brain and symbolizes her emotional state, is red in contrast to the green world in which she lives.

Oil on Canvas
36 x 60 unframed
41 x 65 framed
SOLD

 

JOE MCFADDEN JOSEPHINE AND NAPOLEON

JOSEPHINE AND NAPOLEON

"At some point in every man’s life, he thinks of himself as an Emperor, a “Napoleon”… bold,decisiveand in control of his domain. Conversely, at some point in every woman's life, she thinks of herself as a “Josephine,” a siren irresistible and dangerous. Of course the reality is that we are never who we think we are, and others see us quite differently from the image we have painted."

Oil on Canvas
25 x 48 unframed
33 x 56 framed
SOLD

 

JOE MCFADDEN FAITH'S HAT

 

MCFADDEN_PIMENTO MORI

FAITH'S HAT

"This is a study for Faith, Hope and Charity. Faith is an act of passion and passion is red, so the hat, which is near her brain and symbolizes her emotional state, is red in contrast to the green world in which she lives."

Oil on Linen on Panel
16 x 12 unframed
24 X 20 framed
SOLD

PIMENTO MORI

“Legend has it that when Roman generals paraded
through the streets of the Eternal City, they would
have a slave continually whispering in their ear;
“Memento Mori, remember you are mortal.”

The thought is echoed in classical antiquity in
Horace’s dictum “Seize the Day, Carpe Diem.”
I would have painted that but life is too short
to paint smelly fish.”

Oil on Panel
24 x 18 unframed
SOLD

   
McFadden Earl of Sandwich

THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE LITTLE UMBRELLA

THE FOURTH EARL OF SANDWICH

“In addition to contributing to the obesity
epidemic in this country, the Fourth Earl is
credited with helping us win the Revolutionary War.
As Lord of the Admiralty, he was totally
inept and essentially neutralized the Royal Navy.
Here he is with a PBJ.”

Oil on Panel
16 x 12 unframed
25 x 21 framed
SOLD

THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE LITTLE UMBRELLA

"To paraphrase the historian Barbara Tuckman in her great book about the origins of the First World War, "...everything before the invention of the little umbrellas is history, everything after is current events"."

Oil on Canvas
16 x 12 unframed
24 x 20 framed
SOLD

 

   
MCFADDEN - AUGUSTE ESCOFFIER MCFADDEN -THE GRAVITY TESTER
AUGUSTE ESCOFFIER
(1846-1935)

"Monsieur Escoffier is credited with elevating the profession of chef. He was head chef at the Savoy and Grand Carlton in London and wrote several cookbooks that are still popular."

Oil on Canvas
30 x 24 unframed
38 x 32 framed
SOLD

THE GRAVITY TESTER

"It was said in his day that there could only be one Isaac Newton because there is only one universe for him to show us."

Oil on Canvas
16 x 12 unframed
24 x 20 framed
SOLD

   
MCFADDEN_CUSTER'S LAST CUSTARD

MCFADDEN_THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

CUSTER'S LAST CUSTARD

"When I was very young my father would baby-sit my sister andI on Saturdays. That meant that we went with him to the local pub. Behind the bar was a large print of the epic The Battle of Little Big Hornby Edgar Paxson. It was the first painting I remember and I looked forward to seeing it every week. Of course, at the time, I thought it was Custard's Last Stand. A few years ago I saw a print of it and enjoyed it even more."

Oil on Linen
24 x 18 framed
SOLD

THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

"Florida's first Grand Marquis, he is credited with inventing Tallahassee.

He was a hero in the American Revolutionary War,
fighting on the side of the French."

Oil on Linen on Panel
18 x 14 unframed
23 x 19 framed
SOLD

 

 
MCFADDEN_NESTING BIRD


MCFADDEN_COFFEE SAINT

NESTING BIRD

"I enjoy Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century American portraiture. What it lacks in technical polish, it certainly makes up for in naïve charm. The models must have been extremely patient, sitting for hours in hard backed chairs."

Oil on Board with 22K gold leaf
30 x 24 gallery wrapped
SOLD

THE COFFEE SAINT

Oil on Linen
24 x 18 unframed
32 x 26 framed
SOLD

 

   
MCFADDEN_BEATRICE MCFADDEN_DANTE

BEATRICE
SOLD

DANTE
SOLD

 

MCFADDEN_NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI

MCFADDEN_THE ATTENTIVE SOMMELIER

NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI
SOLD

THE ATTENTVE SOMMELIER
SOLD

 
MCFADDEN_THE NEW WINE MCFADDEN_ETRUSCAN COUPLE

THE NEW WINE
SOLD

ETRUSCAN COUPLE
"Some things never change."
SOLD
   

MCFADDEN_HELOISE AND ABELARD

MCFADDEN_HELEN

HELOISE AND ABELARD
"My favorite Medieval couple"

Oil on Board
24 x 24 gallery wrapped
SOLD

HELEN
"The first WMD: woman of mass destruction."

Oil on Board
24 x 24 gallery wrapped
SOLD

 
MCFADDEN_HAIR MOZART MCFADDEN_THE EARLY AMERICAN CAT

HAIR MOZART

Oil on Board with 22K gold leaf
20 x 17 gallery wrapped
SOLD

 

 

 

THE EARLY AMERICAN CAT

"While in the waiting room at my vets office, keeping a wary eye on my psychotic cat leering in the corner, I noticed a feline identification chart on the wall.
After scanning all of the exotic breeds, I found my hairy friend's lineage. "Common American Cat" It was not a giant leap from that to "Early American Cat."

Oil on Canvas
36 x 24 unframed
45 x 33 framed
SOLD
 

MCFADDEN_HEAVEN ON A SATURDAY NIGHT

HEAVEN ON A SATURDAY NIGHT

Oil on Linen
60 x 48 unframed
70 x 58 framed
SOLD
 
JOE MCFADDEN THE YOUNG SCHOLAR MCFADDEN_MY SECOND GRADE TEACHER

THE YOUNG SCHOLAR

"There is something heroic
about a young scholar…like a Don Quixote…storming a windmill of knowledge."

Oil on Panel
20 x 16 unframed
Gallery Wrapped
SOLD

MY SECOND GRADE TEACHER

Oil on Canvas on Panel
16 x 12 unframed 
25.5 x 21.5 framed
SOLD

 

 

   
MCFADDEN_THE JURY
THE JURY

"The story has it that the origin of the twelve man Jury originated from the belief that a panel of men comprised of one person from every sign of the zodiac would be a well balanced forum. I always enjoy relaying this fact to my attorney friends, pointing out that the bedrock of our judicial system is based upon superstition and ignorance."

Oil on Canvas
24 x 48 unframed
32 x 56 framed
SOLD
 

MCFADDEN_SAINT WITH TWO SHADOWS

MCFADDEN_ST. JOAN OF ARC

 

SAINT WITH TWO SHADOWS

Oil on Canvas
36 x 24 unframed
44 x 32 framed
SOLD

 

 

 

SAINT JOAN OF ARC

“She was a quiet country girl until she got caught up in the turmoil of her day. I am always curious about the lives of famous people before they become famous. Usually remarkable people lead
very mundane lives before fate deals them their hand. Perhaps if Joan were alive today, she would have a cell phone glued to her ear, giggling about boys with her little friends rather than being burned atthe stake with green wood.”

Oil on Canvas
36 x 24 unframed
44 x 32 framed
SOLD

   
JOE MCFADDEN A DOG AND HIS SAINT

MCFADDEN_THE FIRST SIP



A DOG AND HIS SAINT

“When I was in the second grade in parochial school, I was assured by the nuns that all “good” animals went to an animal limbo.  I had a pretty clear image of what that looked like and I wanted to be there, and for that matter, I still do.”

Oil on Canvas
46 x 36 unframed
57 x 45 framed
SOLD
THE FIRST SIP

"The first sip of wine from a new bottle is full of expectation and uncertainty.
Like a rabbit, we sniff the glass with our clumsy proboscis, searching for subliminal signs of a good harvest."

Oil on Canvas
36 x 24 unframed
44 x 32 framed
SOLD
   

MCFADDEN_THE VINTNER

MCFADDEN_NIJINSKI

THE VINTNER

"The vintners that I know are all very happy people."

Oil on Panel
18 x 18 unframed
Gallery Wrapped
SOLD

 

 

 

NIJINSKI

“Vaslav Nijinsky, the Russian ballet dancer, was best known for his performance of Rites of Spring. He was wildly popular in the earlypart of the Twentieth Century. Legend has it that when he jumped, he would stay aloft for so long that the women in the audience would swoon. As a boy I was raised in dance studios where my mother was the pianist and I was drafted into the ranks of dutiful dancers. I don't recall ever making anyone swoon.”

Oil on Canvas
16 x 12 framed - 24 x 20 framed
SOLD

 

   

MCFADDEN_THE FERAL SCHOLAR

THE FERAL SCHOLAR

"In University towns, these creatures can be seen in almost every backyard. Many times, when undergraduates move away, they just turn them loose. "

Oil on Linen
36 x 24 framed
44 x 32 framed
SOLD


MCFADDEN_EARLY AMERICAN DOG

EARLY AMERICAN DOG

"The thing I like most about animals is that they don't care about the things that we find so important. While the framers of our Constitution were hammering out the concept of inalienable rights, this little guy just wanted to chase a ball."

Oil on Linen
36 x 24 unframed
44 x 32 framed
SOLD

   

MCFADDEN_RIMBAUD

RIMBAUD

"French poet whose hallucinatory work had a strong influence on the surrealists."

Oil on Linen on Panel
16 x 12 framed
23 x 19 framed
SOLD

 

MCFADDEN_T.S. ELIOT

T.S. ELIOT

"I used to keep a copy of The Wasteland in my truck. Many years ago, on a beautiful evening, it broke down for the hundredth time. As I sat there, surrounded by honking vehicles, admiring the sinking sun, I had a rare moment of clarity. It was a choice between the mundane or the sublime. I abandoned the truck, took my Wasteland, and never looked back."

Oil on Linen on Panel
16 x 12 framed
26 x 22 framed
SOLD

   

MCFADDEN_SAINTS PINOT AND GRIGIO

SAINTS PINOT AND GRIGIO

"The true founders of Rome: predating the feral Romulus and Remus. 
Rome could not have existed, even for a day, without wine."

Oil on Panel
16 x 28 unframed
Gallery Wrapped
SOLD

MCFADDEN_CARSON MCCULLERS

CARSON MCCULLERS

"American writer whose fiction explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts of the South."
Oil on Board
16 x 12 unframed
26 x 22 framed
SOLD

 

   

FUNICULI FUNICULA

Commission for Gallery Collectors

Oil on Board
22 x 32 Unframed
SOLD

   

MCFADDEN_LUCY AUDUBON

LUCY AUDUBON

"Last year a good friend of mine, William Souder, wrote a biography of John James Audubon.  I was very happy to see that he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. It is an excellent book.

I was especially interested in Audubon’s long suffering wife, Lucy.  While he was busily pursuing his bliss chasing birds, she was left destitute.  Most of their married life was spent apart and she was charged with raising and providing for the children.  Although he was absent, the memory of his wife and family made his work possible. 

In this piece I have presented her in a very domestic setting.  Underlying the initial peaceful impression is the underlying conflict. Cats!!!  Her need for a financially secure life was a deadly threat to her vagabond husband’s work just as the seemingly harmless kittens are a threat to the bird."

Oil on Canvas
38 x 30 unframed
46 x 38 framed
SOLD

   
MCFADDEN - THE CIRCUS SHADOW

THE CIRCUS SHADOW

"As a child, the parts of the circus I was most attracted to were not the performances, but the darkened spaces between the tents. I have always been interested in the interplay of opposites.

The whirl of activity, the garish neon lighting and the noise from the calliope were offset by the eerie shadows of negative space."

Oil on Canvas
48 x 36 unframed
56 x 44 x 2.5 framed
SOLD

   
JOE MCFADDEN JOHNNY APPLESEED JOHNNY APPLESEED


"The story of Johnny Appleseed closely follows the life of many ascetic Saints, especially Saint Francis of Assisi.

Contrary to the popular tale, Johnny Appleseed did not wander through the countryside throwing apple seeds randomly but rather he carefully planted orchards and, in the process, became wealthy.

He gave away money and land as fast as he received them and was known for his austere physical discipline.

Legend has it that he would not build a fire at night for fear that a bug might fly into it."

Oil on Canvas
30 x 24 unframed
38 x 32 framed
SOLD
   
JOE MCFADDEN THE MAN WITH TWO IDEAS

THE MAN WITH TWO IDEAS

“During the course of the day, I see far more birds
than humans. They are like ideas, appearing out of
nowhere and leaving just as quickly, replaced by
others. It is always a rare pleasure when there is
only one chirping friend at my mental bird bath.”

Oil on Panel
24 x 18 unframed
SOLD



   

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