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, accepted 2005
Fall-Winter show
Fall-Winter show
Hudson View, II. 46 x 32, acrylic on
canvas
canvas
J. 16 x 14, acrylic on canvas
He Brought Me Roses, 20 x 17, acrylic
on linen, accepted 2005 Fall-Winter
show
on linen, accepted 2005 Fall-Winter
show
From Sandia, 32 x 46, acrylic on canvas
Gilpatrick has annual solo shows at the Jadite Galleries, Manhattan; and is in group shows at the Riverview Gallery in Havre de Grace, MD, April 2006-March 2008. 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."
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."
Pink , 14 x 16, acrylic on canvas
The Mill at Philipsburg Manor, 22 x 30, acrylic
on canvas, accepted 2006 Fall-Winter show
on canvas, accepted 2006 Fall-Winter show
Jemez Profile, 30 x 32, acrylic on canvas,
accepted 2006 Spring-Summer show
accepted 2006 Spring-Summer show
Once... , 20 x 10, acrylic on
canvas
canvas
The Viewfinder II, 25 x 34, acrylic on canvas,
accepted 2006 Spring-Summer show
accepted 2006 Spring-Summer show
Still Life With Yarn C. 1750, 20 x 15, acrylic
on canvas, accepted 2007 Spring-Summer
show
on canvas, accepted 2007 Spring-Summer
show
The Shell Monument , 30 x 21, acrylic on
canvas, accepted 2006 Fall-Winter show
canvas, accepted 2006 Fall-Winter show
October in Koprivshtitsa, 24 x 15,
acrylic,ink on canvas, accepted 2007
Spring-Summer show.
acrylic,ink on canvas, accepted 2007
Spring-Summer show.
On the Kamchia, 13 x 30, Acrylic on canvas, accepted
2007 Fall-Winter show
2007 Fall-Winter show
Melnik Echoes, 13 x 29, Acrylic on canvas, accepted
2007 Fall-Winter show
2007 Fall-Winter show
