Rosalyn M Gaier

Ohio, USAI am a printmaker working primarily with collagraphs and etchings.Beauty. Meditative thought. Nuance. These are vital nourishment for the inner me and what my collagraphs and etchings are about. The prints I present here are not of a fast food, instant gratification style. Rather, they are grounded in deliberation and offer complex flavors with soul-sustaining sustenance to all who taste. My prints are meant to give the viewer pause, not through shocking images, but simply interesting ones with which the mind enjoys playing and savoring.ABSTRACTIONMy prints are abstract pieces. I find that making something from nothing or almost nothing can be difficult mental work. Or it can be intuitively easy. It is also intriguing, very freeing, great fun and rewarding.Working abstractly frees up color and image choice a great deal for experimentation. It fosters open-mindedness and looking at things from new perspectives for both myself and the viewer. With judicious color overlays and thoughtful design I can create unique worlds, at once gigantic and microscopic in size depending on ones viewpoint. Or I can create a new identity for something as simple as an icicle, for example, by infusing it with texture and color forei...

SELECTED COMPETITIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
JURIED INTERNATIONALS
Premiere Portfolio Artist (online competition) World Wide Arts Resources Corp.; Columbus, OH
JURIED NATIONALS
Art for Sale 2005 Fort Wayne Museum of Art; Fort Wayne, IN.
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Juried Visual Arts Exhibition (2) Carnegie Mus. of Art; Pittsburgh, PA.
Annual Art in the Hospital Exhibition Medical College of Georgia Hospital & Clinics; Augusta, GA.
National Print Exhibition Hunterdon Art Center; Clinton, NJ.
Showcase Beaverton Arts Commission; Beaverton, OR.
Anne Steele Marsh National Print Exhibition Hunterdon Art Center; Clinton, NJ.
Los Angeles Printmaking Society Exhibition California State Polytechnic University; Pomona, CA.
JURIED REGIONALS
The Greater Cleveland Art & Gallery Festival Artist Review Today and Northcoast Promotions, Inc.; Cleveland, OH.
Works on Paper Firelands Association for the Visual Arts; Oberlin, OH.
FAVA Six-State Prints Firelands Association for the Visual Arts; Oberlin, OH.
Baycrafters Annual Juried Shows; Bay Village, OH.
JURIED LOCALS
Hallinan Ursuline Religious Art Show Ursuline College; Pepper Pike, OH.
Annual Juried Exhibit Valley Art Center; Chagrin Falls...