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Journals in oil by Nina Gomez Gordon, July 31 to August 25, 2002
553 STATE ROAD IN WEST TISBURY, MARTHA’S VINEYARD www.CobaltFineArt.com
ARTIST’S
STATEMENT: In
this suite of paintings based on sketches from my travel journals, I returned to
my first and basic love, drawing. While my subject matter remains
thematically similar to past works of how nature’s effects mark the passage of
time, my paint application has changed to numerous thin layers. Drawing
and redrawing, putting on and taking away, the process and change is recorded
into a palimpsest. The paintings retain the immediacy and searching of a
sketch on-site, capturing that specific moment. Because of the quickness
of a sketch, the basic essence is recorded; details and color are filled in by
memory and imagination. In these paintings I share my favorite moments
from journeys, revealing the intimacy and private experience of a
journal.
Vineyard landscapes from this show are included on the Open Land / Open Space page.
Right: Pigeons in Orange Tree, Sevilla, 12”x24” oil
on canvas
Restoration Halo, Venezia, 35”x22” oil on canvas
Left: study after Bernini, Roma, 30”x24” oil on canvas. Center: Bound Slave, Firenza, 14”x10” oil on paper. Right: study after Bernini 2, Roma, 30”x24” oil on canvas.
Hallowed Light,
Venezia, 28”x34” oil on canvas
Left: Guardians, Sevilla, 20”x16” oil on canvas
Above: Capuchin Angel, Roma, 10”x8” oil on paper
Left:”If you catch one you can keep it,” Sevilla, 29”x48” oil on canvas
Right: Escuche la musica, Sevilla, 20”x16” oil on canvas
Bamboo and Greenhouse, both 11”x14” oil on canvas
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