ARTIST’S STATEMENT

“This is a series of paintings that takes the art of Japanese screen painting as a point of departure for a melding of western with eastern aesthetics. The 16^th and 17^th century screen painters were among the first to apply reductive abstraction to a wide range of subject matter and themes.”

PROFILE

A resident of Lakeside, California, Gary received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa in 1986. Since 1987 he has exhibited in numerous group, solo, and award shows in California, most recently receiving a honorable mention in the Harc Awards in Los Angeles. He has alos received and excellence award at the 43^rd annual International Award Show at the San Diego Art Institute and Best of Show in the 2^nd annual Southern California regional exhibition at the Valley Institute of Visual Art in Northridge. In 1997 he exhibited a group of paintings in “A.S.I.P.P. of Art” at the Reincarnation Arts project in San Diego. His work was also on view in the 9^th annual juried show at the Athenaeum in La Jolla, the 18^th annual “Wallworks” show at the Artcore/Brewery Annex in Los Angeles and in “Echoes & Visions IV” in Laguna Niguel. Most recently he exhibited in the 98^th annual juried show at the Long Beach Arts Center in Long Beach. His work is featured in private collections throughout the country.