Gayle Forster
Painting, Print, Mixed Media, Installation
Gayle's artistic and education and background have existed side by side since she graduated from Ilam University, did postgraduate in England and Japan and gained her teaching qualification to take this knowledge into teaching and regularly exhibiting.
Her painting style is derived from the traditional Japanese woodcut (having majored in the woodcut) with transparent layers of watercolour or oil or print composed to suggest the history of the land, past, present and the future. Her canvas is often a woodcut block with carving and painting on the surface.
For many years , Gayle has been concerned with the land. How it has been formed and how it has been used. And how, over the period of time its financial use has changed (mining to tourism). But changes can be also be natural but catastrophic (earthquakes, floods, fires). Her Canterbury series has images pre earthquake.
Since her move to Mangawhai Heads from Christchurch at the beginning of 2015, Gayle's focus and inspiration has come from the sea, the forces of water on the environment and the impact that this has had and how she has adapted to living here.
Gayle also has a love of teaching and delight in partaking of her knowledge and experience to enable others to create the building blocks essential for extending and developing their own work.
Paerata 13 studiospace is open by prior arrangement and I welcome all to view and discuss artworks from my gallery.
Some works are available for purchase.
[email protected]
www.gayleforster-art-studiospacetuition.com
09 431 4469 txt/phone 021 023-53730
Gayle's artistic and education and background have existed side by side since she graduated from Ilam University, did postgraduate in England and Japan and gained her teaching qualification to take this knowledge into teaching and regularly exhibiting.
Her painting style is derived from the traditional Japanese woodcut (having majored in the woodcut) with transparent layers of watercolour or oil or print composed to suggest the history of the land, past, present and the future. Her canvas is often a woodcut block with carving and painting on the surface.
For many years , Gayle has been concerned with the land. How it has been formed and how it has been used. And how, over the period of time its financial use has changed (mining to tourism). But changes can be also be natural but catastrophic (earthquakes, floods, fires). Her Canterbury series has images pre earthquake.
Since her move to Mangawhai Heads from Christchurch at the beginning of 2015, Gayle's focus and inspiration has come from the sea, the forces of water on the environment and the impact that this has had and how she has adapted to living here.
Gayle also has a love of teaching and delight in partaking of her knowledge and experience to enable others to create the building blocks essential for extending and developing their own work.
Paerata 13 studiospace is open by prior arrangement and I welcome all to view and discuss artworks from my gallery.
Some works are available for purchase.
[email protected]
www.gayleforster-art-studiospacetuition.com
09 431 4469 txt/phone 021 023-53730
Seven Impressions
In August 2019 Gayle was one of seven Mangawhai printmakers in "Seven Impressions" at Mangawhai Artists Gallery. Her artist statement reads:
"The choice between destruction and survival. A fragile crossroad. I am concerned with changes that are happening within our environment. Changes that may be irreversible. Endangered and vulnerable species are being threatened by human and animal interference, fungal disease, and natural and man-made forces. Are these species to disappear? What effect would this have on biodiversity? I have used the Pohutukawa tree symbolically, representing native trees.
I have presented a traditional approach and a non traditional approach. The woodcut (Ukiyo e style) with transfer, are what I call my” protest prints “and have a clarity that depicts one issue. While my non traditional approach (in the form of a scroll) is far more complex and tells many stories. Here I have used both a combination of printmaking and painting techniques to create layers that best describe the underlying tension, the struggle and the growth.
This tree is struggling to survive. The Pohutukawa is an iconic New Zealand native tree, a significant part of our heritage, culture and identity."
"The choice between destruction and survival. A fragile crossroad. I am concerned with changes that are happening within our environment. Changes that may be irreversible. Endangered and vulnerable species are being threatened by human and animal interference, fungal disease, and natural and man-made forces. Are these species to disappear? What effect would this have on biodiversity? I have used the Pohutukawa tree symbolically, representing native trees.
I have presented a traditional approach and a non traditional approach. The woodcut (Ukiyo e style) with transfer, are what I call my” protest prints “and have a clarity that depicts one issue. While my non traditional approach (in the form of a scroll) is far more complex and tells many stories. Here I have used both a combination of printmaking and painting techniques to create layers that best describe the underlying tension, the struggle and the growth.
This tree is struggling to survive. The Pohutukawa is an iconic New Zealand native tree, a significant part of our heritage, culture and identity."
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