Birthday women artists

Birthday women artistsAcrylic on canvas18 x 14 in. 36 x 46 cm2018Fueled by memory, grief and joy, this series of paintings unfold like a family album. Posed snapshots and casual interactions found in family photos, old and new, are rendered in hard edge sections of flat generous color. A visual language of joy portrays an imagery of loss and love. David Gillanders methodically constructed paintings and drawings have in recent years employed a strategy of divided surfaces

soft vapourous red cloud

and portraits reference imagery and narratives from The Old Farmer’s Almanac

A week or so later

I make ink drawings on sheets of polyester film and digitally combine these with photographic images

In the end

hammered text

is inspired by memories of the paper wrapper that surrounded the tin foil cylinder of candies – the only candies with the hole in the middle

and wooden shelf

Peacock blue – such an exotic name

Glazed ceramic

a window onto happy daily life in the capital

Pan pastel and charcoal on paper18 x 24 Inches