Z. McCarthy's Motorcycle Artwork to Represent the History of the Hillsboro Beach Lighthouse

The CITY OF POMPANO BEACH CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE has personally selected the Pompano Beach artist Z. McCarthy to exhibit a drawing entitled “The Auspicious Ride” at the Hillsboro Lighthouse Art Show and Presentation celebrating the history of the Hillsboro Beach Lighthouse.

“The Auspicious Ride” is a pencil, graphite and pastel drawing of a motorcycle set in front of the Hillsboro Inlet and Lighthouse. This drawing is a true representation of our modern Hillsboro Lighthouse, Hillsboro Beach and the many motorcyclists that ride past it every day.



Florida, especially South Florida, is home to many motorcyclists who travel the roads of A1A to escape the grind and pressures of everyday life. We sometime forget what a beautiful place we live in. However, motorcyclists take advantage of this beauty as much as they possibly can. We are a community of bikers that can ride our bikes almost all year long.

The artworks at the exhibition were for not sale; this means much more to the artists involved. This is a representation of our community’s history, past and present. Z. McCarthy explains, “To have one of my motorcycle drawings “The Auspicious Ride” representing the development of our beach community is a tremendous honor. I have been an artist in this area for almost 25 years and now, because of this exhibition, my art and myself are now part of its’ permanent history.”

Z. McCarthy’s artwork along with other Hillsboro Lighthouse artworks and photographs will be on display at the Herb Skolnick Center in Pompano Beach through the month of August.

You can view the honored artwork by Z. McCarthy at
http://zmccarthy.com/Pages/FA/pages/15_Sportzter.html

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Negative Perspective Collage - A New Technique in Art

Since the beginning of visual arts, artists have used an array of materials and techniques to entice and mesmerize the viewer. Today’s visual artists are faced with the challenge of creating original techniques in order to produce innovative and dynamic images that will captivate their viewers.

For Z. McCarthy’s recent body of work, the artist has used acrylic paint along with handmade paper to create enticing and colorful relief collages on canvas. While exploring these collage techniques, McCarthy says the she has employed Hans Hofmann’s theory, “Hofmann believed that an artist must be able to translate his or her own inner world into their chosen medium,” McCarthy states, “but the artist has to acknowledge both mediums limitation and its strengths. Paper has some limitations, but when constructed just right, pieces of paper can become sculptural excitement.”

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Using Hofmann’s theory, McCarthy has been pushing the mediums of paint and collage and working to overcome the challenge of creating an original technique. With her new body of work, McCarthy has overcome this challenge and created an original technique and she has named the technique the Negative Perspective Collage.

The Negative Perspective Collage uses a build up of McCarthy’s own handmade paper, color theory and the grid to create a visual push and pull of space. Although areas are painted in an impasto style, using thick painterly strokes, the collaged areas of the artworks protrude out about two inches off the canvas. Collaged areas visually appear as if they are receding in space, while the painted areas have a volumetric appearance that look as if they are visually popping out. The forms in the abstract works are based on scientific bio-scans.

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McCarthy has dedicated her life to this original technique and plans to continue with her experimentation the Negative perspective Collage. The artist will create a large body of work over the next few years.

McCarthy has exhibited her new technique in New York and Florida and has won much recognition and several awards.

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