Gg Reid

GG Reid lives and works in Dallas, TX after previously living and working in the greater NYC area for 20 years.

GG Reid is an award-winning artist who has been actively showing in NY, CT, and more recently in TX. She is an emerging artist with a growing national presence. Her work is in many private and corporate collections, as well a celebrity collection in the US.

Statement: I paint large-scale abstract works that utilize a great expanse of brilliant color and layers of texture. My process begins as a primarily intuitive approach in which gestural forms emerge as I begin the work on canvas on the floor. The beginning stage is related to an improvisational dance, and music is often a muse. The next stage begins when I tack the loose canvas on the wall to contemplate what came of the intuitive stage which will inform what comes next. I seek the revelation of the composition and structure within the loose beginning and it emerges in the next stage. I use my visual language to create a dialogue between the paint and the canvas. My alphabet includes exuberant color, texture, mark making, layers, and line. My process includes chance, letting go, knowing, not knowing, losing control and getting it back.

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GG Reid has a Bachelors degree in Fine Art from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she also received a Masters degree.

Press Release:
GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL – NATIONAL JURIED ENCAUSTIC EXHIBITION
The Museum of Encaustic Art’s National Juried Encaustic Exhibition on the theme “Global Warming is REAL” runs from July 1- August 20 at the Museum of Encaustic Art, 632 Agua Fria St, Santa Fe, NM. The exhibition reception is on Saturday, July 1 from 10 – 5 pm. One hundred and six artists entered a wide array of work based on the theme of global warming. We are very pleased that so many artists were inspired by the theme of the exhibition. Thank you to all the entrants! The jury process was highly selective. The juror, Garrett Smith, chose 37 pieces to be juried into the exhibit. Congratulations to the winning entrants!

Please also see my website, www.ggreid.com, or my Facebook page,
GG Reid Studio and Fine Art, for more information about exhibitions.