Isles of Tranquility J Paintings of Bermuda by Clark Greenwood Voorhees 1871-1933 i fig. 2. Looking Toward the Dockyard from Somerset, Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 inches, Estate stamp verso Isles of Tranquility J Paintings of Bermuda by Clark Greenwood Voorhees 1871-1933 December 8, 2012—January 18, 2013 introduction by jennifer c. krieger essay by caroline l. gillaspie Manhattan Showroom, 74 East 79th Street, Suite 9B, New York, NY 10075 (by appointment) P.O. Box 140, Irvington, NY 10533 (mailing address) 212.731.0550 *
[email protected] * www.hawthornefineart.com 1 fig. 3. Church Bay, Oil on canvas, 28 x 36 /8 inches, Signed lower center Introduction J jennifer c. krieger HROUGH HIS ART, Clark Greenwood Voorhees fully celebrated the rich natural beauty of T Bermuda, as well as the graceful way it was inhabited by its citizens. Each painting in this exhi- bition instantly becomes a portal into the sub-tropic archipelago Voorhees encountered in the early twentieth century with an eye attuned to both science and beauty. Voorhees depicted the isles in a variety of moods and in an abundance of views. Some images allude to the presence of man (figural or architectural) and others are simple meditations on the interaction between the land and sea and the physical wonders they have produced over thousands of years. In each work, Voorhees delivers forth a felt sensation of the area, whether it is the soft whisper of a noc- turne with air perfumed by bougainvillea and enshrouded by dark cedars, or the calls of sea birds echo- ing over an extension of lush rocky cliffs and pink sand beach saturated by the brightest of sunlight.