Gayle Gerson : Artist

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.

A UNESCO honor

ggerson — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:52:47 +0000

Someone from the UNESCO office of the World Heritage Forests contacted me about the possibility of using one of my forest images on the cover of their annual report about the world heritage forests.
I was honored to be able to contribute to this worthy organization. They sent me a copy of the finished product a photo of which I have included in this post.

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.

Lady Tiles-SOLD

ggerson — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:49:34 +0000

This small piece was done for a class project to demonstrate grid composition. I used Photoshop to manipulate copies of a watercolor painting I had done in a life drawing session. I then cut out the images and applied them to a cradled board. I was planning on adding more collage material and/or paint, but I liked it as a finished project without the added work. I coated it with several applications of UV varnish to protect the printed images.
This piece is 6 inches x 12 inches and is for sale for $98.00.
THIS PIECE HAS SOLD.

Sketchbook Project

ggerson — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:51:03 +0000

Here are three pages from the sketchbook that I completed for the 2012 Art House Co-op Sketchbook Project. All sketchbooks sent to the ArtHouse Co-op in Brooklyn, New York will go on a world-wide tour in 2012 and then will be permanently archived. I loved doing this project. I picked the theme “A Walk through the Forest” (naturally) and used treated magazine papers and ink drawing throughout the book. The entire book will be featured on their website arthousecoop.com after January 2012.