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Fire Opals
River View
Brobdingnagian Koi
Nature provides inspiration for my landscape paintings and monotypes. My interest in water lilies and koi originated during a period of meditation practice where my safe place was a lily pond. After visiting Musee Marmaton and L‚Orangerie in Paris, France, where I spent hours immersed in the art of Claude Monet, I began to create the peacefulness of a calm pond on which colorful water lilies float and in which colorful Japanese koi fish swim. My technique involves painting on a plexiglass plate with oil paint. I use a small hand-held press or an etching press to transfer the image to printing paper. I very often re-ink the plate to print a second image. Then the fun begins as I apply woodcut, collage and lithographic Gum Arabic transfers to the prints. My real joy comes from the process of art where I loose consciousness with my surroundings when my hand and eye become one with the work.
Memories, such as the china cups, statuettes and vases my mother used to collect, form the core of the subjects in my still-life paintings. Another favorite subject is one of my addictionsshoes. And finally, nature provides inspiration for my landscape paintings and monotypes.In December, 1995, I received a kidney transplant that enabled me to travel once again. My inspiration for the water lily monotypes came from a trip to Paris where I visited Musee Marmottan and Orangerie, spending hours immersed in the art of Claude Monet. I create the peacefulness of a calm pond on which colorful water lilies float and record the graceful movements of Japanese Koi fish. Some of my monotypes are created using an etching press while others are hand-rubbed with a barren, spoon or wads of wet paper towels.
E-mail: miriamgilman@verizon.net
Website: www.gilmangallery.com
Phone: 617-969-6623
Address: 24 Shuman Circle
Newton, MA 02459
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