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Glorious Garfield SOLD

ggerson — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:57:10 +0000

Once again I have depicted good ol’ Mount Garfield in a collage. I decided to do a horizontal orientation this time because Garfield is really a horizontal silhouette as it stands at the end of the ridge of the Little Bookcliffs overlooking the Grand Valley.
I decided to use stripes (many zebras)as a motif with a few circles thrown in for variety. I did this piece for the Art Center’s Annual Fund-Raising Live Auction which happens on May 4th, 2012.

Any Cave in a Thunderstorm

ggerson — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:00:30 +0000

This started out as an experimental ground that I demonstrated in one of my classes. Even after it got juried into a state show, I still wasn’t completely satisfied with it. This week I gave it another go and now I think I will leave it be as a finished entity.
It was a compositional problem that I believe I solved. It is 19 by 24 inches on watercolor paper. It will be matted and framed and for sale at $600.00

City

ggerson — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:54:27 +0000

This abstract percolated for a long time. It started out as an experimental ground on yupo paper. I adhered an old piece of garbage bag that I had used as a drop cloth during a workshop. Occasionally I would work on it, stamping shapes on it, glazing to integrate areas. I would put it away for awhile as I got busy with other things. Finally, I brought it into my class as an example as a true experimental ground painting. After that, I felt obligated to finish it. So I did.
It measures 21×27 inches and is matted and framed. It is for sale for $800.00

Warm

ggerson — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:15:47 +0000

This abstract piece on Yupo paper was another attempt to complete a colorful under-layer as a class demonstration. It came together rather fast unlike most of my abstract work and I love the way the light shines through.
It measures 26×37 inches unframed and is for sale for $1500.00.

Tree Hugger

ggerson — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:48:45 +0000

I did this my latest in the series of forest collages as a demonstration for the Art Students’ League of Grand Junction in November. My demo was how to approach combining collage with oil paint. I brought along a collage background done on a cradled board, 12×12 inches. I had given the collage background several coats of clear gesso.
I finished this piece rather quickly, almost entirely during the demo. I just added a few finishing touches when I got home (the red dot and some integration of colors).
This artwork is for sale for $500.00

Adobe Dawn

ggerson — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:29:00 +0000

I have had this piece hanging around my studio for a long time waiting to be finished. I wasn’t sure whether I wanted it to be a collage or a watermedia painting. Well this week I decided to finish it in watermedia. I tore off all the collage pieces that weren’t painted paper and really did very little to finish it, just refining some of the shadows on the building and bringing up some bright color in places.
It is 18 x25 inches on heavy watercolor paper and is for sale for $800.00, matted and framed.

Doppelganger

ggerson — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:16:50 +0000

I decided to return to one of my favorite ways of doing art: abstract design on yupo paper using liquid acrylics. This piece began as a demonstration of a colorful substrate in my “Adventures in Mixed Media Class” at the Art Center.
I brought it home and painted it as another in my series of “collective-consciousness” primitive god-like images. Other works in the series include “Ghosts of Africa” and “We Will Take Care of You”. I keep on wanting to title these pieces “I think they’re trying to tell us something” but I have come to understand that indeed that is why I paint them: to find out what “they” are trying to say. I hope I never find out because I do not want to stop the process. I just purchased a whole pile of yupo paper so that I may continue to work in this series.
I call it “Doppelganger” because of the two remaining circle shapes that refused to be subdued as I worked.
It is 26 x32 inches and is for sale for $1500.00, matted and framed.

Confetti Aspens

ggerson — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:31:23 +0000

This is my latest attempt at using oil paint over a collage underpinning. My initial goal was to keep more of the collage showing, but as this piece progressed, I realized that I wanted something with a pattern to it and it evolved to its present state. This is painted on a 16 x 20 inch cradled board and is for sale for $700.00.

Bill’s Tree

ggerson — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:39:53 +0000

My former hairdresser, Bill, had an intriguing weeping mulberry tree in his front yard. It was full of intertwined branches in the winter and full of birds in the nicer weather. I always loved to pass by it on my way to his hair salon. Bill passed away in April.
I attempted this rendition of a weeping mulberry in his memory. It uses the process of depouillage which is the fancy french word for peeling away collaged materials. First, I collaged many pieces to represent leaves and branches and colors and then I scraped and pulled many of the pieces off. I followed this by applying metallic papers and paint.
This piece is on a 16×20 inch cradled board and is for sale for $500.00

Making Peace with Circles-SOLD

ggerson — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:36:34 +0000

This watermedia piece was done on a hand-made piece of paper. True to my style, it also has layers of collaged materials underneath. It turned into a grid by accident as a stamped in the circles. I named it “Making Peace with Circles” because of the calm blue background and the fact that I do not like to work with circle shapes generally. They are too perfect and sort of boring. I tried to make them less than perfect. This piece was juried into the Colorado Watercolor Society‘s annual New Trends Show in Denver in September to take place at the CoArt Gallery in the Santa Fe Street art district.
It is for sale for $1200.00 framed.
THIS PIECE HAS SOLD.