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Triptych:
Incarnation
Photoshop tools (no imported images); Giclee Print (12-color ink press)
22" x 45"
View left
panel,
View center
panel,
View right panel |
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Cathy Gibbons
I am influenced by the emotional resonance of color, by the possibility inherent
in abstraction for each viewer to find their own story and by love for the
beauty of God's living creation. I am also influenced by the labor of art to
learn from the past, to embrace the search for meaning now and to use tools
particular to an artist's time. This triptych is an attempt at living out those
influences.
Color: The blue is a reference to the lapis pigments in medieval illuminated
manuscripts (Mary's Books of Hours, specifically) and to the symbolic color
given to Mary. It is also water and sky and "heaven." The gold is a reference to
an earthly substance assigned with great worth. It is also sand and sun and
"holy land." The weighting and blending of these two main colors, blue and gold,
became a way to meditate on the mystery of Jesus.
Meaning: Life's most astounding gift –
Jesus, Immanuel –
is still the ground of meaning.
Tools: As an artist, I've been experimenting with the computer as a tool of my
time. I begin with a blank computer screen and with prayer, import no images and
use photo/design tools –
color, lighting, filters, math and
more –
to experiment with form, emotion and meaning. I work
closely with a local printer who has large format presses to translate screen
color to print format (in its final version, for example, the triptych here is
almost 4 feet x 2 feet, and the screen brightness of the blue took some work to
get 'right' on the press).
When all is said and done, I hope that the images honor God and that people will
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Cathy Gibbons is an artist,
published poet, and graphic designer from Central New York. She studied art and
Spanish language/literature at Wells College (BA), The University of Madrid in
Spain (a wonderful year in the Prado), UNAM (the National Autonomous University
of Mexico in Mexico City where she lived for many years) and the S.I. Newhouse
School of Public Communications at Syracuse University (MS). Currently, she
designs special sections for Syracuse's daily newspaper and does her own
visual/written art from the home she shares in Syracuse, NY with her husband Bob
and their two amusing shih tzus.
Cathy Gibbons
Email:
ccgibbons@twcny.rr.com
Parish: St. Paul’s Cathedral, Syracuse, New York |
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