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Elizabeth Gourlay

American

Elizabeth Gourlay is an American abstract artist, whose work emerges from a progressive process of layering color, lines and forms, informed both by inner emotional states, and her observation of nature and architecture. She lives and works in Chester, Connecticut. She was invited to work with Master Printer Anthony Kirk. Gourlay finds the immediacy and experimental quality of monotypes valuable to her practice as an artist. Her work is featured in various private and corporate collections, including The Lewitt Collection, The Marriott Family and Yale University. She is the recipient of several grants and fellowships, including two Individual Artist State Grants from the DECD/Connecticut Office of the Arts. In 2011, she was an invited artist in residence at the studio of Sol LeWitt, Spoleto, Italy. Gourlay uses a wide range of media such as oil, flashe, acrylic, ink and graphite to create artfully simple and strong compositions. Gourlay thinks of her work as a meditation on colors, lines and forms, leading to a complex network of shifting shapes and colors. 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 architectural connotations. The use of line suggests influences from Agnes Martin, while her play of color reminds Paul Klee’s work. Her compositions deal with order and chaos using a line, color and shape.

Styles
Contemporary
Abstract
Materials
Paint
Synthetic Resin Paint
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Bluecobalt Green, Light Blue, Grass Green, Stripes, Geometric Abstract Painting
Bluecobalt Green, Light Blue, Grass Green, Stripes, Geometric Abstract Painting

Elizabeth GourlayBluecobalt Green, Light Blue, Grass Green, Stripes, Geometric Abstract Painting, 2020

$12,000

H 44 in W 40 in D 1.25 in

Bluecobalt Green, Light Blue, Grass Green, Stripes, Geometric Abstract Painting

By Elizabeth Gourlay

Located in Kent, CT

Clean and precise, carefully ordered blocks of color in light blue and light green are lively and vibrant while thin, delicate lines in blue and navy frame the shapes. Signed, dated ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Gourlay

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Key E - Abstract Painting Beige Salmon Coral Peach Teal Green Gray Stripes, 2022
Key E - Abstract Painting Beige Salmon Coral Peach Teal Green Gray Stripes, 2022

Elizabeth GourlayKey E - Abstract Painting Beige Salmon Coral Peach Teal Green Gray Stripes, 2022, 2022

$1,620

H 18.5 in W 15 in D 1 in

Key E - Abstract Painting Beige Salmon Coral Peach Teal Green Gray Stripes, 2022

By Elizabeth Gourlay

Located in Kent, CT

Clean and precise, carefully ordered horizontal stripes, thick blocks of color in shades of golden yellow ochre, gray blue green, teal blue and coral are bright against the archival ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Gourlay

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper

With Blue Gray - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Stripes Color Blocks, 2012
With Blue Gray - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Stripes Color Blocks, 2012

Elizabeth GourlayWith Blue Gray - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Stripes Color Blocks, 2012, 2012

$2,200

H 12 in W 12 in D 1.25 in

With Blue Gray - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Stripes Color Blocks, 2012

By Elizabeth Gourlay

Located in Kent, CT

In this abstract painting in oil and graphite on panel by Elizabeth Gourlay, clean and precise, carefully ordered blocks of color in shades of blue are vibrant against a calm, soft s...

Category

2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Gourlay

Materials

Oil, Panel, Graphite

Key A - Contemporary Abstract Orange Peach Blue Navy Beige Stripes, 2022
Key A - Contemporary Abstract Orange Peach Blue Navy Beige Stripes, 2022

Elizabeth GourlayKey A - Contemporary Abstract Orange Peach Blue Navy Beige Stripes, 2022, 2022

$1,620

H 18.5 in W 15 in D 1 in

Key A - Contemporary Abstract Orange Peach Blue Navy Beige Stripes, 2022

By Elizabeth Gourlay

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary abstract painting in gouache and acrylic on paper, clean and precise, carefully ordered thick horizontal stripes in shades of peach, light blue, dark navy, and a...

Category

2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Gourlay

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Archival Paper

Blue Umber, Beige, Light Blue, Brown, Orange, Gray Abstract Painting, Stripes
Blue Umber, Beige, Light Blue, Brown, Orange, Gray Abstract Painting, Stripes

Elizabeth GourlayBlue Umber, Beige, Light Blue, Brown, Orange, Gray Abstract Painting, Stripes, 2022

$12,000

H 44 in W 40 in D 1 in

Blue Umber, Beige, Light Blue, Brown, Orange, Gray Abstract Painting, Stripes

By Elizabeth Gourlay

Located in Kent, CT

Clean and precise, carefully ordered stripes and blocks of color in warm orange, soft yellow, pale blue and light brown are lively and vibrant against the soft beige background. Sign...

Category

2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Gourlay

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

PG 18 - Geometric Abstract Green Coral Orange Beige Shaped Painting, 2021
PG 18 - Geometric Abstract Green Coral Orange Beige Shaped Painting, 2021

Elizabeth GourlayPG 18 - Geometric Abstract Green Coral Orange Beige Shaped Painting, 2021, 2021

$4,500

H 30 in W 24 in D 0.75 in

PG 18 - Geometric Abstract Green Coral Orange Beige Shaped Painting, 2021

By Elizabeth Gourlay

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary painting in acrylic on canvas mounted on a shaped panel by Elizabeth Gourlay, carefully ordered blocks of color in a luminous, grassy shade of green frame two th...

Category

2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Gourlay

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Panel

Bruma Two - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Gray Brown Beige Stripes, 2018
Bruma Two - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Gray Brown Beige Stripes, 2018

Elizabeth GourlayBruma Two - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Gray Brown Beige Stripes, 2018, 2018

$10,000

H 40 in W 40 in D 1.5 in

Bruma Two - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Gray Brown Beige Stripes, 2018

By Elizabeth Gourlay

Located in Kent, CT

In this contemporary abstract painting in flashe on canvas, stripes and blocks of color in soft gray blue, pale sage green, beige and golden brown are clean, precise and carefully or...

Category

2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Gourlay

Materials

Canvas, Vinyl

No 89 - Contemporary Abstract Painting Blue Mint Green Gray Stripes, 2024
No 89 - Contemporary Abstract Painting Blue Mint Green Gray Stripes, 2024

Elizabeth GourlayNo 89 - Contemporary Abstract Painting Blue Mint Green Gray Stripes, 2024, 2024

$12,000

H 44 in W 40 in D 1.25 in

No 89 - Contemporary Abstract Painting Blue Mint Green Gray Stripes, 2024

By Elizabeth Gourlay

Located in Kent, CT

In this abstract painting in acrylic on canvas by Elizabeth Gourlay, clean and precise, carefully ordered blocks of color in blue and light mint green are vibrant against a calm, neu...

Category

2010s Contemporary Elizabeth Gourlay

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

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