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The Shell Monument, 2005
Acrylic
30 x 21 x 2 in.
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April Dune, 2004
Acrylic
23 x 34 x 2 in.
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Hampton Beach, 2004
Acrylic
23 x 37 x 2 in.
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Summer Night, 2006
Acrylic
20 x 10 x 2 in.
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The Mill at Philipsburg Manor, 2006
Acrylic
22 x 30 x 2 in.
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The Viewfinder II, 2005
Acrylic
25 x 34 x 2 in.
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Blossoms, 2006
Acrylic
13 x 36 x 2 in.
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October in Koprivshtitsa, 2006
Acrylic
24 x 15 x 2 in.
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Sky Over Rila, 2007
Acrylic
20 x 30 x 2 in.
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On the Kamchia, 2007
Acrylic
13 x 30 x 2 in.
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Still Life with Yarn Circa 1750, 2006
Acrylic
20 x 15 x 2 in.
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Cousins, 2007
Acrylic
18 x 16 x 2 in.
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ARTIST STATEMENT:
I believe that my work is telling about the visual wonders the eye can see despite the chaos, corruption, distortion, and ugliness we confront in every-day life. I consider myself a colorist with a strong sense of composition and a unique point of view. I rely on color theory and my own instincts to tell me what to do. I remain a representational painter because I am infatuated with how things look to me.
While my subjects cover a wide spectrum of images, the paintings are unified by my eye, as beholder: a unique fragment of reality or the viewer's stance I choose. My landscapes reflect where I have been and what excites me. My people are intent on living their lives, unaware of the viewer. There is movement, intensity, energy, and an edge that is my personal "take."
ARTIST BIOGRAPHY:
Eleanor Gilpatrick paints landscapes, the figure, and still lifes that capture fragments of the world. They first arrest the viewer in terms of composition and color and then resolve into surprising takes on content. She generally works in acrylic on canvas.
Prior to her art career she was professor at the School of Health Sciences, Hunter College, CUNY. Despite prizes for painting and draftsmanship while in High School, Gilpatrick chose to study the social sciences in college and graduate school, and became an expert in health care policy and human resources.
She authored four books, directed a masters program in health services administration, and pioneered courses in critical thinking and writing until she picked up the thread of drawing and painting in 1998 in plein-air workshops in Italy. She returned to serious study at Hunter College, where she still paints. Gilpatrick believes that she expresses an affirmation of life with an occasional hint of the solitary.
She has had solo shows in Manhattan, and is in group shows in Havre de Grace, MD.
Juried shows since 1999 include the Galleria D'Arte Mentana, Florence, Italy; the Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York City; the Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center Manhattan; the Pen and Brush Gallery, Manhattan; the Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY; the First Hudson River Art at Rhinebeck show, NY; the Westport Cultural Center, CT; The Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, NY; the Bowery Gallery, New York City; Gallery International, Baltimore, MD; the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT; Gallery West, Alexandria, VA; Art Harvest at WEAVE, Sacramento, CA; the Riverview Gallery, Havre de Grace, MD; the Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY; the Woodstock School of Art Gallery, NY; the American Juried Art Salon in 2005, twice in 2006, and in 2007; The Riverfront Studios, Schuylerville, NY, the Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC; Studio Montclair, George Segal Gallery, Montclair, NJ; Fieldstone Fine Arts, Ramsey NJ; and the Organization of Independent Artists, Manhattan, NY.
Public art includes a 1999 triptych, "Crosswalk Gestures," at Hunter College.
Critics have said: "...the subtle color and powerful composition impressed me very much with both [its] chromatic sensitivity and ...natural design sense...." Dennis Wepman, author; former cultural affairs editor New York Daily News; former editor Artist Spectrum. (Private correspondence, 2004.) "The technique and color usage...are very sensitive and give a good amount of feeling.... excellent technique and understanding of the elements." (Juror comments, American Juried Art Salon, 2006). "... masterly touches of finesse in which texture, depth, and glass are interwoven into a work that captivates the eye." (Juror comments, American Juried Art Salon, 2007).
A profile of Gilpatrick's figural work and the development of her palette appeared in American Artist Magazine, November 2002. A column about her Aquarium Series appeared in Watermarks, Summer 2006. Her painting, The Shell Monument, was the August selection in The Emerging Artists 2007 Calendar.
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