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So many reasons why this particular oil painting means much to me. The ‘palette’ is the darkest I’ve ever painted, so that was a challenge. I loved the way the pink shades moved around the surface of the composition — caught not only in the oak-leaf hydrangea blossoms but also in the small ginger jar adorned with roses, and of course, the interior of the conch shell. That shell has been in my family for more than a century: on the fireplace mantel of my grandparents' house, a memento of their honeymoon in 1919 and in my home for the past 30 years. The brown burn-out cloth, the pattern painted here suggestively, not in detail, belonged to a friend of mine and was a gift, as was the enormous bouquet of flowers. The vase itself was a gift from my daughter. And so I hope the painting itself is a gift to the person who acquires it, and that it will, in time, gather associations, that is, come to tell its story. The frame is wood, painted gold, ornate but not overpowering. This is painted on an archival quality Richeson panel, varnished, and with the frame the outside dimensions are 23x19x1.5. The color will keep for 500 years. Signed on the back and my insignia, an interlocking GJ, painted on the front. This is slight chipping to the frame, not visible from the front.
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8 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in
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13.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in
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Gray Jacobik
United States
I was born in Newport News, Virginia, USA, and live and work in Deep River, Connecticut, I am a studio artist whose practice is focused on abstract work (expressive and geometric) in acrylic, oil, encaustic and gouache as well as realistic oil and acrylic paintings (still life and landscape). I paint on linen, aluminum, MDF and cradled basswood panels, usually, but not always, in a square format. I have been most influenced by the work of Richard Diebenkorn, Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Mitchell, and among contemporary painters, Emily Mason, Brian Rutenberg and Frank Bowling. Interpreting ideas abstractly excites my imagination, and my own excitement leads me to reason that what I paint might be of value to others. When I'm painting, I alter my gestures, colors, lines, overall composition, my rhythm, and my materials, in service of an aesthetic that's been evolving over a lifetime of visual experience. I have great admiration for the Flemish and Dutch painters of the 17th century and several contemporary artists who follow in those august footsteps, such as Hank Helmantel and Lorena Kloosterboer. "What constitutes integrity in a work of art?" is one question that guides my inquiry, as does my deepest-felt objective: to create works that are interesting and beautiful in equal measure. As I complete a work I continually stop and ask myself, is this truly interesting? is it beautiful? I'll leave the final assessment to others, since I don't think the answer is something I can know, but I do keep these questions uppermost in mind as a means of coaxing my work forward. I put my formal education to use (B.A. Goddard College, M.A. & Ph.D., Brandeis University) by teaching for several years as a Professor of Literature at Eastern Connecticut State University and in the MFA program at the University of Southern Maine. After a long career writing, teaching and publishing poetry, I work now as a full-time studio artist in a small New England village on the Connecticut River. On numerous occasions, I've exhibited my work in juried and in open group exhibits, and I've had three solo exhibits, two of those curated. My work has been shown throughout New England and in New York, and some of my paintings have been published along with my poems. During the period 2012 through 2016, my work has been featured as cover art on more than a dozen books and journals.
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