Art by Medium: Gesso

Francisca Sutil is a Chilean painter known for her research of the chromatic surface, the nature of the support and the study of textures and materials that she prepares herself. Born in Santiago de Chile in 1952, she moved to New York where she received an M.F.A. from Pratt Institute in 1981. Since 1992, Sutil has lived and worked in Santiago. Sutil’s work is characterized by its superb construction and unique contemplative qualities. When approaching her paintings, the viewer is immediately captivated by the textures and hues. She proposes a rigorous exercise of painting on support, regardless of its material composition, in search of pictorial depth. It is a mental process from which a neat and pure chromatic production emerges. Intending no specific content in her paintings, she instead asks viewers to respond openly and honestly to her abstractions. She uses her work to provoke emotions and sensations, and in turn, encourages reflection, meditation and lasting thoughts and memories...

Again, the versatility in her texture, shapes an palette are reflected in this work.

This work is a great sample of the versatility in use of medium, texture and color. This work is also oil on gessoed paper.

Valerie Hird's work reflects her travels throughout Morocco, her unique palate and textures, really evoke an essence of Morroco and how she perceives it.

Collage material from The New York TImes and the transcript of Biden's November 11, 2020 victory speech from the Washington Post, acrylic, gesso and pencil on canvas 30 x 30 inches -...

Charcoal, pastel, gesso, and acrylic on paper

abstract watercolor painting of intertwined tubular forms on a wood panel, varnished.

Ink on gessoed canvas 15 1/8 x 15 1/4 canvas (38.4 x 38.7 cm)

Inspired by her close connection to nature, and by what she calls “the spirit of investigation and observation of the natural world,” Suzi Davidoff creates mixed-media drawings and p...

Artist: Elaine de Kooning Title: John F. Kennedy #11 Year: 1980 Medium: Charcoal and wash on gessoed masonite, signed and dated lower right Size: 30 x 22 inches [76.2 x 55.88 cm] Fr...