The Lebowski Cycle installed at The College of the Canyons Art Gallery
The exhibition of The Lebowski Cycle at College of the Canyons Art Gallery in Santa Clarita, CA is entering its last week on display.
There will be a closing reception this coming Saturday, December 6th from 3:00 – 7:00 pm.
This will be the last weekend that the gallery will be open to see the show.
Come up if you can!
A new exhibition poster from the 2014 Lebowski Cycle Exhibition is now available.
The poster commemorates the exhibition at College of the Canyons Art Gallery, in Santa Clarita, CA.
The exhibition is on view from Oct 28 – Dec 10, 2014. Info is here.
$28.00 including FREE Shipping and Handling within Continental US. • $10.00 additional shipping for orders outside continental U.S.
The poster is an 18″ X 25.25″ Digital Offset Print – Limited Edition of 200 – Signed and Numbered by the Artist.
Limited Edition prints of all of the paintings from the Cycle are available, and the 2011 Exhibition poster featuring The Oath of the Horatii is also still available.
Orders can be placed here.
The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (after Caravaggio) • Joe Forkan 2014 Oil on Linen 72″ x 40″
l am pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition of The Lebowski Cycle at College of the Canyons Art Gallery in Santa Clarita, CA, from Oct 28 – Dec 10, 2014.
There will be an opening reception and artist talk Tuesday, October 28th from 2-5 pm, as well as a closing reception from 3-7 pm on Dec 6th.
The exhibition will include all 14 of the original large scale paintings from the Lebowski Cycle, plus a recently completed 15th painting from 2014, The Incredulity of Saint Thomas, seen here.
The Lebowski Cycle installed at The College of the Canyons Art Gallery
Hours and directions to the gallery can be found here. I’ll be posting additional information about the show and more about this painting soon. 
Detail • The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (after Caravaggio) • Joe Forkan 2014 Oil on Linen 72″ x 40″
Here are some photos from Saturday’s opening at the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion. Thanks to everyone that came to the opening. It was quite a turnout. Thanks also to Eric Stoner for taking these photos of the evening. It was great to finally see all of these paintings in one room, and the pavilion is a perfect space for it. These shots really give a sense of the scale of the paintings, which is hard to communicate by listing the sizes on a posted image.
The show will be up for 6 weeks and I’ll be giving a gallery talk about the Lebowski Cycle at the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion on Thursday, September 29th, from 7-10. More info on the show is here…
Baptism of Christ (After Carracci) • Joe Forkan 2011, oil on linen 24” x 38″”
Here is another painting from the exhibition. I haven’t written much about the process of the last few paintings that I’ve posted, but I will update the posts with more information after the opening. This painting is based on the tradition of Baptism paintings, of which there are many variations.
Baptism of Christ • Annibale Carracci 1584 Oil on canvas San Gregorio, Bologna
This is the smallest painting in the Cycle, and the composition is much simpler than the other work. Initially it was much more complex, with plans for two additional panels, but ultimately I decided the middle panel did everything I wanted the painting to do.
I was particularly drawn to Annibale Carracci’s painting on the theme from 1584.
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The Lebowski Cycle at The Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA • Sept 10 – Oct 28, 2011
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 10th 6-10pm
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I will be giving a Gallery Talk about the Lebowski Cycle at the Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion on Thursday, September 29th, from 7-10.
More info on the lecture and the exhibition is available here:
