Gayle Gerson : Artist » yupo

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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.

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.

Come Into Our Cave

ggerson — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:44:32 +0000

Here is another version of my cave concept. I tried to use all the watermedia tricks in my tool basket to make the images look both old and new, on purpose and accidental, thoughtful and frivolous, tribal and modern. It is an enigma for sure…but pleasing enough.
This piece is 18 inches wide by 20 inches high. It is for sale for $500.00, matted and framed.
This piece was juried into the Rockies West National Exhibition. It will be on display at The Art Center in Grand Junction from March 1, 2011 until April 2, 2011.

All Squared Away

ggerson — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 18:55:43 +0000

I began this collage by drawing the figure in a life study session at the Art Center. I had previously added a number of collage elements to this piece of Yupo paper and drew into it with an ink squeeze applicator. Then I took it home and worked in more collage elements including text from an Israeli newspaper and textile-like papers from my collection. The face never changed much from the original drawing. I like the fact that it is difficult to tell if she has her eyes closed or if she is peeking from under her eyelids. There are another a pair of eyes in the design, not intentionally put there, but once there, I enhanced them to add to the meaning of the work. It suggests being tired, but also the necessity to stay alert.

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. It was also juried into Colorado Watercolor Society’s New Trends show where it won second place. In January 2011, it is travelling to California where it was juried into the 2nd Annual Signature American Watercolor Exhibition at Fallbrook Art Center.
This painting is 26×20 inches, unframed, and is for sale for $900.00

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

Mountains, Mesas and So On

ggerson — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:36:29 +0000

This is one of my “layered landscapes” which I built on top of a collaged piece of yupo. I had no reference for this. It is completely made up. I live in the land of mountains and mesas in Colorado, so I guess it just happens by environmental osmosis.
This piece belongs to a collector.

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.