Sunset, Myself
Margaretta Gilboy passed on in 2017.
Gallery Artists Annual Show and Exhibition in Memory of Margaretta Gilboy in the North Gallery
December 7 – December 31, 2017
Spark Gallery
900 Santa Fe Drive
Denver, CO 80204
720-889-2200
Important Dates:
Opening Reception Party: Friday, December 8, 6-9 pm
Last Look: Sunday, December 31, 1-4 pm
The eyes are said to be the windows to the soul. I consider this work realist because I paint what I see either from life or photographs (as in my portraits). If others have difficulty putting my paintings in this category they might agree to call the work journalistic because my desire to report and depict what is before my eyes far outweighs any impulse to interpret or invent it. You could say “some eyes!”
My teacher Bob Keyser who painted biomorphic surreal abstractions also claimed that he was painting what he saw. The clash of cultures high and low, European, American, Middle Eastern, Asian and their connections and intersections engage me as does still life, figure, figurines, tchotkes, puppets and the domestic, natural and commercial worlds.
Modernism, the Renaissance, the Baroque and Japanese wood block prints have helped to shape my artistic point of view. The study of Chinese QiGong informs my philosophical outlook and these eyes.
Margaretta Gilboy
Nov 30, 2017