Limelight
2009
40″ x 40″
Oil on canvas
Thanks for stopping in to see my work during our Open Studios last weekend. It was alot of fun to see old friends and meet new people, and discuss my art. There’s one more “Second Friday Stroll” this year, Friday, December 11, 6-9pm. Special pricing for small works will continue through December, so if you saw a piece you liked, now is the time!
Artists and visitors braved the crush of people at our “grand” opening reception for Galatea Gallery on Harrison Ave. in Boston. We couldn’t have wished for a more succesful night.
Beyond the See
2008
49″H x 32″W
India ink and powdered pigments in acrylic medium on paper
My piece Beyond the See has been accepted in the Cambridge Art Association 65th Annual Member’s Prize Show.
Juried by Joseph D. Ketner II, Henry and Lois Foster Chair of Contemporary Art at Emerson College, Boston
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 17, 12-2pm
Kathryn Schultz Gallery
25 Lowell Street
Cambridge, MA
Thanks if you stopped by for my Friday Stroll yesterday. I always have a great time meeting new people and discussing my art. I’m back to work, splitting my time between two different series. I’m getting ready for my two-person show at Galatea Gallery in SOWA, February, 2010. It seems like a long time from now, but I know the time will fly by, and it will be here before I know it!
Fornax
2009
30″H x 22″W
India ink, watercolor & powderd pigments in acrylic medium
My mixed media painting Fornax has been awarded First Place in the Abstract Show at Post Road Art Center, juried by Bob Collins.
The opening reception will be Thursday, October 9, 5:30 – 8:30pm.
And coming this Friday, our second “art walk” at Fountain Street Studios, from 6 – 9pm. Stop by for a casual stroll through artist’s studios, see new work and work in progress, and enjoy some food, drink and conversation.
My studio is on the 3rd Floor East, no.9
59 Fountain Street, Framingham, MA
My piece Mindbug 1.1 will be at Galatea Fine Art at 460 Harrison Ave, Boston, for the SOWA Open Studios, September 19 & 20, 12-6pm
Mindbug 1.1
2008
36 x 30
India Ink, watercolor & powdered pigments in acrylic medium
Painting in the studio in August is a challenge, especially when it’s around 90 degrees outside, and lots higher in the studio with no AC. I’ve got a fan, but really, it’s not big enough for the heat some days. So my favorite thing to paint on a hot day is something cool and blue and waterlike…here’s some new abstract work that’s been coming together this summer, oil paints with powdered pigments in medium, very experimental for me, and I’m not really sure if they’re done, or not?
Don’t be the bunny #1
2009
Don’t be the bunny #2
2009
Don’t be the bunny #3
2009
Don’t be the bunny #4
2009
Here’s a photo of me at the opening of the show Important Things, at The Little Galllery Under the Stairs. These pieces are Energeia: A Waking Dream #1, and Energeia: A Waking Dream #2. They are about being in nature and finding solace in nature.
My most recent works are oil paintings in the series Energeia. These works are the counterpoint to some of the works in my Mindbug series, which address the horror of the pollution humans have created. This series addresses the solace people can find in nature. The works are based on my own photographs taken on walks, hikes, or just when I stop my car to look at something beautiful. The paintings are about motion and light, of moving through nature, expressing the action of experiencing nature. The word Energeia refers to half of Aristotle’s definition of motion – the “being in action”. Another influence for this series is the Romanticists, for many of the titles, and also some of my thoughts, how the poets escaped in nature and yearned to make the public understand what they felt. What I’m getting from them mostly is their thoughtful words that correlate with my desire for people to understand and have the opportunity to be lost in nature enough to find solace. Humans can be changed by nature, drawn by it’s ability to make us feel comforted in its presence.
Energeia: Solace #1 Energeia: Solace #2
both:
2009
24″ x 20″
Oil on canvas
Energeia: Near meadows
24″ x 36″
2009
Oil on canvas
I have been in my studio alot, working on my new abstract painting series Energeia, as well as a few very experimental pieces that I’m having alot of fun with. My workshop schedule for the weeks from June 22 through July 6 will be Tuesday or Thursday from 9:30-12:30 mornings, or 6-9pm. With a minimum of two for each workshop, I’m hoping to be able to run 1-2 per week. Summer workshops are always open to students bringing or starting their own work if they like. I will also be doing specific 3 hour projects, to include:
Abstraction from Nature: the patterns of fruits and vegetables
Abstraction from Nature: Garden Inspiration(flowers & plants)
Abstraction from Nature: Patterns of cells and viruses
Abstraction from Mark-making
Abstract Expressionism: paint and play!
Email me at bskgibbs@aol.com for specific dates and more workshop info, or check my workshop page at
www.fountainstreetstudios.com
