Eleanor Gilpatrick

I was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Primarily a representational artist, I paint landscapes and the figure, with an occasional still life or abstract. I work in acrylic on canvas. Prior to my second career as artist, I was a professor at the School of Health Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York. While at Hunter, I authored four books, directed a masters program in health services administration, and pioneered courses in critical thinking and writing. I picked up the thread of drawing and painting in 1998 in plein-air workshops in Italy and returned to serious study at Hunter College. I believe that my work is telling about the awe and wonder the eye can see despite the chaos and corruption we confront. I have striven to master modern issues of color and composition within a primarily realist context, but the paintings say "look at what I see, isn't it beautiful?" Or "Look again!" I paint strong, dramatic landscapes set in New York and places I have traveled to in the US and Europe. I was influenced by the 19th Century sensibility of Turner and The Hudson River School, but also Monet, Manet, and Cezanne. I express a 21st century "take" with vigorous brushwork, dynamic composition, and a strong color sense. My...

I have a PHD from Cornell University in economics. Although I won prizes for painting and draftsmanship in high school and at the Educational Alliance in New York City, I chose to study the social sciences in college and graduate school, and eventually became an expert in health care policy and human resources. I have annual solo shows at the Jadite Galleries in Manhattan. I have been in solo shows at the Landmark Lobby Gallery, Eastview/Tarrytown, and at the Gallery at Merritt Crossing, Milford, CT. I have been in juried shows in Florence, Italy; Manhattan, NY; Merrick, NY; Rhinebeck NY; Westport CT; Chautauqua NY; Baltimore, MD; Manchester, VT; Alexandria, VA; Sacramento, CA; Havre de Grace, MD; St. James, NY; Woodstock, NY; Schuylerville, NY., Washington, DC, and Montclair, NJ. Public art includes a 1999 triptych, "Crosswalk Gestures," acrylic and photo collage on canvas, at Hunter College.I am now showing in juried online shows with the American Juried Art Salon (2005-2007). Critics have said: "...the subtle color and powerful composition impressed me very much with both [its] chromatic sensitivity and ...natural design sense...." Dennis Wepman, author; former cultural affairs editor of the New York Daily News; former ed...