Linda Gass (www.lindagass.com) describes her work as “environmental art about water”. Anyone who has seen the salt flats and marshes around Palo Alto or the Dunbarton Bridge will feel instant recognition of her landscapes. This is especially true if you are on an incoming flight on an airplane landing at SFO. This is about the borders of the land … the bay… and the air. Marvelous!
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Silicon Valley Open Studios – Linda Gass
Posted in Paintings, Silicon Valley Open Studios, tagged Art Quitls, Environmental Art, Linda Gass, San Francisco Bay, Silk Quilts on May 11, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Silicon Valley Open Studios – Julie Nelson-Gal
Posted in Sculpture, Silicon Valley Open Studios, tagged Collage, Julie Nelson-Gal, Printmaking, Sculpture, Silicon Valley Open Studios on May 10, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Collage! Printmaking! Sculpture!
Julie has it all displayed on her studio walls.
Separating the adjoining studio from hers is a curtain/banner of Joseph Cornell working in his studio. Her work references his.
The beautiful. delicate sculpture incorporates the hair of a friend, feathers, and found objects.
Collage and printmaking are combined.
The artist statement Julie has on her website ( www.julienelsongal.com ) talks of her lifelong interest in photography.
Human habits, memories, and how objects communicate their former functions inform her work. Of course, the objects must also have aesthetic potential to be included in her combined collage/printmaking work. A keen intelligence is at work here!