Eleanor Gilpatrick
Eleanor Gilpatrick paints landscapes, figural works, and still lifes that capture fragments of the world. They first arrest the viewer in terms
of composition and color and then resolve into surprising takes on content. She works in acrylic on canvas.
Prior to her art career Gilpatrick was professor at the School of Health Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York. Gilpatrick
authored four books, directed a masters program in health services administration, and pioneered courses in critical thinking and writing.
Eleanor Gilpatrick paints landscapes, figural works, and still lifes that capture fragments of the world. They first arrest the viewer in terms
of composition and color and then resolve into surprising takes on content. She works in acrylic on canvas.
Prior to her art career Gilpatrick was professor at the School of Health Sciences, Hunter College, City University of New York. Gilpatrick
authored four books, directed a masters program in health services administration, and pioneered courses in critical thinking and writing.
El Mussol, Upstairs. 23 x 32, acrylic on canvas
The Kalachav Bridge (Site of 1st shot of 1876 uprising),
24 x 35, acrylic on canvas
24 x 35, acrylic on canvas
In the Deep VI, 25 x 36, acrylic on canvas
In the Deep I, 24 x 35, acrylic on linen
Hudson View, II. 46 x 32, acrylic on
canvas
canvas
He Brought Me Roses, 20 x 17, acrylic
on linen
on linen
From Sandia, 32 x 46, acrylic on canvas
Gilpatrick has annual solo shows in Manhattan; and is in group shows in Havre de Grace, MD. She has been in over 25 juried shows since 2000. Public art includes
"Crosswalk Gestures," at Hunter College, Manhattan. A profile of Gilpatrick's figural work and the development of her palette appeared in American Artist Magazine,
November 2002. A column about her Aquarium Series appeared in Watermarks, Summer 2006. Her painting, The Shell Monument, is the August selection in The
Emerging Artists 2007 Calendar. Her website is www.gilpatrickart.com
Gilpatrick finds that "coming back to my first love, painting, made me younger -- and without the angst of youth." She was surprised that what she was moved to paint did
not seem to be political, although she had been very political...until she "realized that an affirmation of life and a celebration of beauty ARE political in a world in which we
are taught to see the tawdry, the ugly, and the grotesque and to give up on inspiration." She deals with modern issues of color and composition within a primarily realist
context; Her subjects, which cover a wide range of images, are unified by her eye, as beholder. Her paintings are often described as beautiful, and people sometimes
say "Wow."
"Crosswalk Gestures," at Hunter College, Manhattan. A profile of Gilpatrick's figural work and the development of her palette appeared in American Artist Magazine,
November 2002. A column about her Aquarium Series appeared in Watermarks, Summer 2006. Her painting, The Shell Monument, is the August selection in The
Emerging Artists 2007 Calendar. Her website is www.gilpatrickart.com
Gilpatrick finds that "coming back to my first love, painting, made me younger -- and without the angst of youth." She was surprised that what she was moved to paint did
not seem to be political, although she had been very political...until she "realized that an affirmation of life and a celebration of beauty ARE political in a world in which we
are taught to see the tawdry, the ugly, and the grotesque and to give up on inspiration." She deals with modern issues of color and composition within a primarily realist
context; Her subjects, which cover a wide range of images, are unified by her eye, as beholder. Her paintings are often described as beautiful, and people sometimes
say "Wow."
Pink , 14 x 16, acrylic on canvas
The Mill at Philipsburg Manor, 22 x 30, acrylic
on canvas
on canvas
Jemez Profile, 30 x 32, acrylic on canvas
The Viewfinder II, 25 x 34, acrylic on canvas
Still Life With Yarn C. 1750, 20 x 15,
acrylic on canvas
acrylic on canvas
October in Koprivshtitsa, 24 x 15,
acrylic,ink on canvas
acrylic,ink on canvas
The Women, 24 x 30, acrylic
In The World 5, Fire: California and Iraq, 24 x 36,
acrylic
acrylic
The Orion Nebula, 16 x 20, acrylic
View On the Kamchia, 24 x 36, acrylic
The Milky Way, 16 x 29, acrylic
The Swan Nebula, 16 x 20, acrylic