Artist Statement

I believe in painting what I know and love and there is nothing more satisfying to me than creating the memory of my time in the mountains. I am always looking for that special shape of a tree, or the undergrowth or it could even be a color or design that attracts me. I can visualize the painting and with the aid of photos I can bring that image back to my studio and use it as a starting point for a new painting. Its an emotional thing that you feel about your subject not a determination to get everything present in the photo into the painting. I enjoy playing with color and values and allow myself to just go by instinct when selecting the palette for any given painting. My work is very wet when I begin applying a variety of color. I must paint flat so that the color remains on the canvas. I experimented for many years on how to add texture to my canvas and have developed a recognizable style. I hunt for shapes as the paint begins to dry and then break many rules of painting to reach my final stroke.

Gallery

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800
A Field Of Wildflowers

32" x 20" - diptych 2 @ 16" x 20"Mixed Media on Canvas

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1200
Serenity

24" x 36"Mixed Media on Canvas

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1500
A Walk In The Woods

48" x 24" - diptych 1 @ 30" x 24", 1 @ 18" x 24"Mixed Media on Canvas

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1500
Road To Eldora

40" x 30"Mixed Media on Canvas

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900
The Late Bloomers

33" x 14" - triptych 3 @ 11" x 14"Mixed Media on Canvas

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700
Lost Lake

30" x 20"Mixed Media on Canvas

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700
Roots

20" x 30"Mixed Media on Canvas

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Winter Solitude

30" x 40"Mixed Media on Canvas

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500
My Happy Place

18" x 18"Mixed Media on Canvas

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Jody's Trees Hide And Seek

24" x 48"Mixed Media on Canvas

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700
Memories From Tucson

30" x 20"Mixed Media on Canvas

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1200
Mule's Eared Daisy

30" x 40"Mixed Media on Canvas

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1200
Field of Paintbrush

30" x 40"Mixed Media

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800
Rhythms of Nature

24" x 30"Mixed Media on Canvas

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800
Along the Stone Wall

24" x 36"Mixed Media on Canvas

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800
Purple Mountain

24" x 30"

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Aspen in Gold and Orange

18" x 36"

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700
Blue Sky Day

20" x 30"

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About Gail

Gail Gitin, a contemporary mixed water-media artist, earned a B.F.A. degree from Florida International University. She has studied with many of the country’s leading watercolorists and dedicated three years to learning traditional Chinese sumi-e brush painting. Her watercolors have been selected for numerous juried exhibitions including the National Watercolor Society annual exhibition. Gail was a juried artist at the South Florida Art Center now known as Oolite Arts. Her work is represented in several private and corporate collections. Gail taught classes in watercolor techniques at the Metropolitan Museum school now known as the Bass Museum, on Miami Beach. She was the Vice President of the Miami Watercolor Society and a member of the Board of Directors. She developed ArtSmart, an educational program that continues after 20 years. Gail now lives in Boulder Colorado and owns a cabin in the mountains where she goes for her inspiration. Her studio is located in Boulder Colorado at the Colorado Art Studio, 2810 Wilderness Place, Boulder Colorado

Contact Gail

305 987 6998
ggitin1@gmail.com
2810 Wilderness Pl. 
Boulder, CO 80302
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