Open letter with 4 forms

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Elizabeth Gourlay
Open letter with 4 forms
2012

About the Item

Graphite and Flashe on canvas - Unframed This piece uses a combination drawn and painted lines with bold geometric shapes and is inspired by thoughts about textiles, Anni Albers, color and music. The lines grow from the thinnest line to thick bands until there is an overall rhythm that feels right. The geometric shapes are bold and playful elements of color. The piece grows gradually without any pre-conceived ideas and is composed somewhat like music, element to element, note to note and aware of the play between delicate line and bold shape. Elizabeth Gourlay is an American abstract artist whose work emerges from a progressive process of layering colour, lines and forms, informed both by inner emotional states and her observation of nature and architecture. She lives and works in Chester (CT). 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. Gourlay thinks 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 has an 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 a line, colour and shape.

Creator:
Elizabeth Gourlay (1961, American)
Creation Year:
2012
Dimensions:
Height: 40.01 in (101.6 cm)Width: 40.01 in (101.6 cm)
Medium:
Acrylic,Vinyl,Graphite
Movement & Style:
Minimalist
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU65932414503