Kitha 5
Prints
Year: 2014
Edition: Unique
Technique: Monotype on paper
Framed: No
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All artworks on IdeelArt are original, signed, delivered directly from the artist's studio, and come with a certificate of authenticity.This monotype is part of a series inspired by time spent working in Umbria, Italy.
The work was inspired by Gourlay's response to the surrounding color and the geometry of the architecture. They also play with thoughts about sound and music and how that is reflected around a space.
The title kitha is related to a series of works that she titled kithara which is the name for an ancient Greek instrument similar to a lyre.
This series of monotypes was created at The Center for Contemporary Printmaking in the autumn of 2014.
Elizabeth Gourlay was an American abstract artist whose work emerged from a progressive process of layering colour, lines and forms, informed both by inner emotional states and her observation of nature and architecture. She lived and worked in Chester (CT).
Education
Elizabeth Gourlay studied Drawing and Painting at the Edinburgh College of Art in Scotland where she graduated in 1983. She then went to Yale University School of Art (CT) where she earned an MFA in Painting.
Technique
Elizabeth Gourlay used a wide range of media such as oil, flashe, acrylic, ink and graphite to create artfully simple and strong compositions.
Her work usually began with layering washes of colours, then followed by drawing elements. The colours were sharply and fully selected, using a wide range of colour palettes from almost monochromatic to greatly polychromatic.
Her paintings are metaphorical: some of her pieces allude to science by illustrating experiments with coordinate planes and bar graphs. Some refer to music with shapes defining sound and colour defining volume. Furthermore, some paintings suggest history and culture with covering layers of apparent worn or shredded paper.
Inspiration
Gourlay thought of her work as a meditation on colours, lines and forms, leading to a complex network of shifting shapes and colours. "The shapes and lines create my own vocabulary of abstract forms."
She had a particular interest in elements found in nature, architecture and music, drawing lines, grids and geometric shapes to demonstrate it. Indeed, her work is often described by its musicality and architectonic connotations.
The use of line suggests influences from Agnes Martin while her play of colour reminds Paul Klee's work. Her compositions deal with order and chaos using line, colour and shape.
Collections
Gourlay's work is featured in various private and corporate collections including The Lewitt Collection, The Marriott Family and Yale University.
Exhibitions
Elizabeth Gourlay has extensively exhibited in solo and group shows on the US East Coast.
Galleries
Gourlay worked with a number of american galleries during her career, including more recently Kenise Barnes Fine Art (Kent, CT) and Cynthia Winings Gallery (Blue Hill, ME). Ideelart has been representing her work since 2016.
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