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The Enfolded: Collage Paintings by Ginnie Gardiner

Ginnie Gardiner

My working method since the mid-1990s has been to create equivalent color palettes from my collage and montage studies for translation into the medium of oil paint. In all of my paintings, I have sought color mastery and color is the subject of my work. Both Josef Albers and Charles W. Hawthorne were obsessed with creating the illusion of transparency in the opaque medium of oil paint. Both their teachings and their daily practice continue to inspire me today.

“A century later, I find myself contemplating Cezanne. Specifically, his use of passage shapes: abstract shapes that echo neighboring shapes, but are themselves carved from the negative space adjacent. Illusionism takes upon itself a different mantle as it sublimates itself to the abstraction that is foundational to its creation. This is the space I found myself exploring as my earlier figure-ground work began to define the ground itself, and vice versa.” – 2010 Statement about the following works, which were created 2008-2010.

Ginnie Gardiner - Aerial
Aerial
Aquarelle - Ginnie Gardiner
Aquarelle
Bakers Arabesque  - Ginnie Gardiner
Bakers Arabesque
Dream of Caves - Ginnie Gardiner
Dream of Caves
Flower - Ginnie Gardiner
Flower
Jaune Air - Ginnie Gardiner
Jaune Air
One - Ginnie Gardiner
One
Otherwise - Ginnie Gardiner
Otherwise
Russe Indigo - Ginnie Gardiner
Russe Indigo
Sand and Sea - Ginnie Gardiner
Sand and Sea
Silk Road - Ginnie Gardiner
Silk Road
Thermopylae - Ginnie Gardiner
Thermopylae
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Ginnie Gardiner

Based in Catskill, New York, Ginnie Gardiner has shown in numerous solo and group exhibits for 30 years. You can learn more about Ginnie's work at ginniegardiner.com. Kolaj Magazine, or at Artsy.

Author: Ginnie Gardiner Tags: collage, painting Category: Visual Art and Visual Poetry March 10, 2017

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