Gayle Gerson : Artist » Abstract

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.

Blue and Yellow

ggerson — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:55:26 +0000

Another still life with sunflowers which is a theme I keep coming back to. It must be the spirit of Vincent Van Gogh in my studio influencing me. This is a collage using a wonderful piece of yellow dot paper (the dots are bits of wax) that my friends brought back to me from Santa Fe. I must use it sparingly because it tends to call attention to itself.
This painting is For Sale for $650.00. This piece sold in June 2010.

Stopping Traffic

ggerson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:23:06 +0000

I did this collage as I was experimenting with mark-making with ink on a piece of watercolor paper that already had a collection of random collage pieces on it. The abstracted figures emerged and I continued to pull them out of the chaos. The red traffic signal shaped element is intriguing to me. This work has a tribal feel which I recreated in watermedia on yupo.
This may end up being a series.
This piece is for sale for $600.00. It is matted and framed.

Wildfire Afternoon

ggerson — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:02:31 +0000

I painted this experimental watermedia piece on Yupo* several summers ago during an extreme drought in Colorado. There was an almost constant smoky haze and odor in the air from the many wildfires around the region.
I thought the intense hot colors of red, orange and rose had to be counter-balanced by shots of blues and greens. I couldn’t control the intensity of the weather, but I could control the environment of my painting.
This painting was juried into the 2002 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Exhibition at the National Arts Club in New York City.
It sold in 2004 to a collector in the Eastern U.S.
*Yupo is a plastic sheet paper used by watermedia artists. It has no absorption qualities and is great for experimental processes.

Backlight Borders

ggerson — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:05:34 +0000

This experimental abstract will soon be hanging at Co-Art gallery on Santa Fe Street in Denver as part of the New Trends 2009 Show sponsored by the Colorado Watercolor Society.