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La danza de las gacelas
("Dance of the gazelles")
2003
43'' x 43''
Oil on Canvas

Mercedes McLean’s work borders between abstract and figurative. Every inch is full of vivid colors that suggest animals and nature. In the world she imagines and paints, animals blend with water, air, flowers, and forest--all the elements of their environment-- to create a new and extraordinary shape on canvas. In this way, her work transitions from figurative to pure and simple abstraction.

Latin American art critic Vicky Torres says McLean’s work is “precise”, “well thought out” and “presented with extraordinary rigor and an almost absurd love for geometry and rules of composition.” Torres writes: “From color and chaos a new world is born—a world where animals and their environment are one. With precise shapes, rigorous mathematics and vivid colors, Mercedes McLean’s work challenges the observer to discover some of nature’s hidden and ignored shapes.”

McLean was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1948. As a small child she moved to Paraguay and became a Paraguayan citizen in 1972. Her work has been exhibited in the United States, Europe and South America. She has been studying art technique and theory since 1989. McLean paints and teaches art in Asuncion, Paraguay.

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(Conception)

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31˝'' x 31˝''
Oil on Canvas




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(Ups and Downs)

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32" x 32"
Oil on Canvas




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(Birth)

2005
31˝'' x 31˝''
Oil on Canvas
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(Evening)

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32" x 32"
Oil on Canvas




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(Pond)

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24" x 32"
Oil on Canvas




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(Life)

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31˝'' x 31˝''
Oil on Canvas
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(And they left)

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36'' x 43''
Oil on Canvas




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(Storm of leaves)

2002
36'' x 43''
Oil on Canvas
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(A gathering at dusk)

2003
39 ˝” x 39 ˝”
Oil on Canvas




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(Running horses)

2003
43'' x 43''
Oil on Canvas
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(Yellowstone)

2003
43'' x 43''
Oil on Canvas
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(The rebel swan)

2003
43" x 43"
Oil on Canvas
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(Hidden Planet)

2006
32" x 32"
Oil on Canvas




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(My World)

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32" x 32"
Oil on Canvas

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