Gayle Gerson : Artist » for sale

Bayou

ggerson — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 01:14:09 +0000

I have been collaging up a storm these past two weeks and having a great time creating two vertical forest scenes. They both have taken on a tropical flavor. I do not know if this is a function of the verticality or just my mind set at the moment. I did not set out to create tropical scenes. Maybe I am anticipating our upcoming trip to Costa Rica.
This piece is on wrapped canvas which has its advantages. I love the way the texture of the canvas shows through in places where I have sanded down.
I used plenty of glazing and paint rubs on this one. In person it looks subdued and misty–but there is a lot going on. I think it is my homage to the threatened lifestyle of the southern coast line.
This collage is 40 inches high by 30 inches wide and is for sale for $2000.00.

Om Mountain

ggerson — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:35:05 +0000

I started this layered landscape collage in a workshop some time ago. It languished under one of my panes of glass on my work table (to keep it flat). I needed a few new pieces to hang at Grand Junction’s City Hall this summer and this fit into a frame I had, so I completed it this week. It was one of my series of soft colored fantasy landscapes based on my surroundings in Western Colorado.
This piece is 21 inches high by 14 inches wide. It is $600.00 framed.

Magic Forest

ggerson — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 17:22:20 +0000

I have just completed this collage on cradled board. It was my first attempt at a vertical forest. I am pleased with how it turned out…pleased enough to enter it in a show in Denver that coincides with the Biennial of the Americas.
When my daughter, Liza, saw it, she said it reminded her of the Dr. Seuss’s Lorax and the Truffula trees. I certainly like that idea.
This piece is 30 inches high by 22 inches wide and is priced at $1700.00

Update: This collage was juried into the Denver Show. It is hanging at Core New Art Space Gallery on Santa Fe Street until July 25th.

Come Into Our Cave

ggerson — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:43:00 +0000

I have re-worked this watermedia on Yupo piece. It seems to be in its final form as I have added some new quirks and removed a little murkiness.
I listen to the English alternative group, Muse, a lot in my studio, so the title is a tribute to one of their songs.
This piece is 20 H x 28 W inches and is priced at $1200.00 framed.

Mother Bee

ggerson — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 01:36:44 +0000

My favorite bee encaustic.

Encaustics for the Bees

ggerson — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 01:27:00 +0000

I just finished 3 12×12 box frame encaustic collage pieces for the Palisade International Bee Festival which happens on April 16th and April 17, 2010. The event is a response to the continuing crisis of hive decline among our most precious agricultural resource, bees. This art is part of an exhibition in conjunction with the Bee Festival at the Blue Pig Gallery in Palisade, Colorado.
Encaustic is an ancient art medium made from bees wax. The modern version also contains damar varnish and ready-made colors. I like to use collage elements such as papers, copper fragments, jewelry findings and beads which I either embed in the encaustic or coat with the encaustic to create a soft surface.
In “Bee Grid”, I included a part of a wasp’s hive, original drawings, and painted and found papers.
In “Buzz”, I used magazine advertisements from medical marijuana stores to build up the spiral plant forms, hence the title.
These pieces are meant to hang together, although they can be sold separately: $500 a piece, $750 for two and $1100 for all three.

Three Martini Lunch

ggerson — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:20:07 +0000

This painting started out as a response to a challenge posed by this year’s program for the Rocky Mountain Collage Society. We were asked to bring a black and white collage to our November meeting. I collaged a random selection of black and white collage pieces onto a piece of yupo. I then began to try to find a good abstract design in the chaos by unifying and blocking out. It just didn’t come together so I decided to do a grid design and depict flower pots which was a challenge in itself because I depend so much on color. Well, I began to like the characters forming in each pot and it ended up as a watermedia-over-collage piece. I call it “Three Martini Lunch” because of the martini glass shape on the left with the black circle that cries out “olive”. I guess I should call it “Nine Martini Lunch”, but I don’t like to promote that much over-imbibing.
In March 2010, it was juried into the Rockies West National Juried Exhibition and won a merchandise award.
This painting is 26×20 inches, unframed, and is for sale for $800.00

Forest Light II

ggerson — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:08:47 +0000

This is an example of the latest incarnation of my forest collage series. It is done on a 60 inch by 24 inch cradled board and as such doesn’t need framing. It is constructed of photos, found papers, magazine papers, tissue paper, cheesecloth and lots of paint and UV varnish. I wanted to see if I could successfully use a high horizon in a forest collage, so that most of the detail and interest is in the foreground. This painting is for sale for $2000.00

Ghosts of Africa

ggerson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:15:43 +0000

This is my watermedia version of Stopping Traffic (see collages). It love embellishing these mystical figures. This painting was juried into the Western Colorado Watercolor Society Show in 2009 where it won a merchandise award. It is currently at Foothills Art Center in Golden, Colorado where it was juried into the Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Show. I was very excited to have a work juried into this highly competitive show. I was even more excited when it won the Dona Abbott Memorial Award.
This painting is for sale for $900.00

Dust Up

ggerson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 20:06:37 +0000

So I am into dots these days. This piece started out as a landscape based on a photo taken in my neighborhood. I began it in a workshop I was teaching to demonstrate using loosely drawn black lines using a pipette bottle. After I finished applying my black lines, one of my students said it looked like a herd of horses. So I just went with that.
This painting was juried into the 2009 Colorado Watercolor Society Show where it won Third Place-Award of Excellence. It is currently featured on the CWS website. and on my artist page on the Grand Junction Commission on the Arts webpage.
This painting is For Sale for $600.00