Gayle Curry

Artwork by Gayle Curry

“Color is a significant component, I thrive on the challenge of its subtleties and possibilities.”

Bio

Throughout my artistic career I have worked with different media and subject matter. However, recently abstraction and mixed media with acrylic and oil have taken me down another path of discovery. The purpose of my work is to find a way to express a vision without being literal; I explore form, shape and color and work them on the canvas until I evoke emotion.

Color is a significant component, I thrive on the challenge of its subtleties and possibilities, which are limitless in how to articulate a message. To create tension is also part of my goal in a final work. Tension stirs surface and deep emotion in potential viewers and myself. I strive to combine calm and crazy, light and dark in order to construct an unexpected reaction. Other elements such as words, symbols and simple patterns reveal themselves through their look or meaning, which I then incorporate into the final intent. I am particularly drawn to abstraction and mixed media because of its meditative qualities; one of the benefits of painting is insight into myself. Sometimes I find that the painting guides me into a different direction and then it becomes a collaboration.

Statement

Gayle Curry takes abstract forms, conflicting shapes and intense colors and transforms them into images that are relatively real to the human eye, but not absolutely real to the conscious mind. They are like dreams where images come and go. The abstract works flow, while gently rolling the unconscious into the consciousness. She has gone beyond the limitations of realism and explores the world of abstractism to find a simple yet profound joy of connectedness with the canvas. She takes these images and goes beyond the surface layer, into the depths of inner spaciousness. These paintings bridge the gap between perception and interpretation.