Hidden in Plain Sight
A self taught artist, I have always been fascinated with the process of coming into and dissolving out of form and all the stages in between. Using subtle rich materials such as Venetian plaster marble dusts, raw pigments, inks, graphite powders and genuine silver leaf, they all lend themselves to depicting the process of life in transition.

Whether it is a photograph or a painting suggesting a forest, a snow storm, or a tangle of light. There’s an invitation to the viewer to enter into the flow of energy. They go where their imagination takes them.

A Note on the Silver works
On a prepared background l apply genuine silver. I then do a short meditation putting myself in a receptive space asking, if there is anyone or anything on the unseen side that wants to be seen you have seconds! I then apply a catalyst, an acid solution.

I must pay close attention to what I am “sensing” coming through and not to what l am seeing. If l wait for the image to emerge it will be too late. The acid will have burned it beyond recognition. Then as if to catch the essence before l see it l must immediately stop the process. It never ceases to amaze me who or what comes through.

Dagen Julty
Shelley’s work affects me spiritually and emotionally. There is a silent depth that beacons the viewer into a stillness that is both pleasing and challenging. Each piece is a unique world unto itself that invites me to relax in its depths and see the world through new eyes.

S. B. Woods
Shelley’s paintings have a luminosity often found in dense rich fields of color and in the depths of darkness. All is suspended, held in escaping light.

How she touches this space in her work is often deeply human.
The materials she uses are raw and immediate. Silvers dissolve into blacks, cascade downward then spill. This creates an emotionality and intimacy that brings us into the moment, asking us to meet our own tenderness amidst these vast spaces.

We are suddenly opened to an experience that is at once personal and transcendent. The word awe comes to mind. Her work stands at the intersection of the natural world and what it is to be human.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Release

Jane St. Art Center
11 Jane St, Suite A, Saugerties, NY, 12477
(845) 217-5715
info@janestreetartcenter.com
www.janestartcenter.com

Shelley McClure Tran
Hidden in Plain Sight
Aug 9 – Sep 13, 2025
Opening Reception Sat, Aug 9, 4-6pm

About the Exhibition:
Hidden in Plain Sight
A self taught artist, I have always been fascinated with the process of coming into and dissolving out of form and all the stages in between. Using subtle rich materials such as Venetian plaster marble dusts, raw pigments, inks, graphite powders and genuine silver leaf, they all lend themselves to depicting the process of life in transition.

Whether it is a photograph or a painting suggesting a forest, a snow storm, or a tangle of light. There’s an invitation to the viewer to enter into the flow of energy. They go where their imagination takes them.

A Note on the Silver works
On a prepared background l apply genuine silver. I then do a short meditation putting myself in a receptive space asking, if there is anyone or anything on the unseen side that wants to be seen you have seconds! I then apply a catalyst, an acid solution.

I must pay close attention to what I am “sensing” coming through and not to what l am seeing. If l wait for the image to emerge it will be too late. The acid will have burned it beyond recognition. Then as if to catch the essence before l see it l must immediately stop the process. It never ceases to amaze me who or what comes through.

Dagen Julty
Shelley’s work affects me spiritually and emotionally. There is a silent depth that beacons the viewer into a stillness that is both pleasing and challenging. Each piece is a unique world unto itself that invites me to relax in its depths and see the world through new eyes.

S. B. Woods
Shelley’s paintings have a luminosity often found in dense rich fields of color and in the depths of darkness. All is suspended, held in escaping light.

How she touches this space in her work is often deeply human.
The materials she uses are raw and immediate. Silvers dissolve into blacks, cascade downward then spill. This creates an emotionality and intimacy that brings us into the moment, asking us to meet our own tenderness amidst these vast spaces.

We are suddenly opened to an experience that is at once personal and transcendent. The word awe comes to mind. Her work stands at the intersection of the natural world and what it is to be human.

Shelley McClure Tran’s Bio:
Shelley was born in Toronto, Canada. In the early eighties she was sole proprietor of her wholesale and retail, custom design furniture and bedding company.

Moved to San Francisco in the mid eighties working creating backdrops and surfaces for commercials and feature films. Moved to New York in the mid eighties

She is a Furniture Designer, Interior Decorator, Colour Consultant and Artist.

She founded Fini Fini, a Decorative Art company in the late eighties. Creating interiors for corporate and residential projects such as The American Symphony Orchestra League Headquarters Manhattan. French Designer Showcase House International Contemporary Furniture Fair NY 1996-2004. Many celebrates homes and apartments the list goes on.

She was the featured artist for the opening of the Cyrille Varet Gallery in Paris, France. Studio manager for street artist “Swoon” for the floating sculptures of Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea culminating in her first solo show at Jeffrey Deitch Soho gallery and ending at Deitch Studios in Long Island. Hudson Valley is now her home, North Front Gallery in Kingston NY represents her work. She is widely collected both nationally and internationally. Many pieces are held in private collections.

EVENTS RELATED TO THIS EXHIBITION
SAT, Aug 9, 4-6pm – Opening Reception

SAT, Aug 23, 1pm – Artist Talk