Gayle Curry
My blogs
| Industry | Arts |
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| Location | Oklahoma City, OK, United States |
| Introduction | 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. |