Dan McCarthy

The first comprehensive monograph surveying the expansivetwenty-five-plus-yearcareer of the highly influential artist,known for his rainbow-colored paintings, drawings,and emotive ceramic facepots. McCarthy is known for his gestural and intuitive artwork. His brightly colored paintings, with loose brushwork, depict figures in action: dancing, surfing, fishing, and skateboarding often against a rainbow-colored background. His ongoing series of ceramic facepots delight with their hand-built immediacy and invested emotionality. McCarthy who worked on fishing boats near Catalina Island and cites the Pacific Ocean as a lasting influence on his work. Thebeautifully curated book includesan8-page gatefold and a French-fold jacket,whichopens upto a collectible foldoutposter.