Artist Information:
Gale Gibbs
Rockwall, TX
United States
Member Since: Jul 2000
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Artist Statement:
Gale Gibbs, Artist Statement
Main Entry: short story
Function: noun
: an invented prose narrative
shorter than a novel usually
dealing with a few characters
and aiming at unity of effect
and often concentrating on the
creation of mood rather than
plot
My work in the last few years
has developed from what I saw
as contemporary cave painting
to the telling of tales or
short stories, which by
definition, offers me some
opportunity to create a story
which may or may not have a
plot but rather asks the
viewer to participate and
finish the story that I have
begun. These tales or short
stories are often times
developed one image and one
line of text at a time and
then began to make a story,
sometimes truth, sometimes
fiction and sometimes a little
mix of both.
Collage and photography are
the images that I am most
developing at this time. I
begin with a collage and then
photograph it and then paint
the photo. This process is
time consuming but the
finished product combines all
the elements of drawing,
painting, computer, and
photography in a cohesive page
that the viewer enters. The
process of moving and
reforming images is ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibitions (1988-02):
Two Person Show, Leslie Powell
Gallery, Lawton,
Oklahoma-April 2002
“Farce and Fable: collage
paintings by Gale Gibbs”
Austin Peay State University,
Clarksville, Tenn. August 30,
1999
"Bird Stories", Dallas Visual
Art Center, Dallas, Tx. l996
"Various Animals, Tools, and
Remains", Rose Learman Arts
Center, Harrisburg, ...
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Artist Galleries:
Sippora Gallery, Houston, Tx.
Latitudes Fine Art Gallery,
Houston, Tx....
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Artist Reviews:
REVIEW
TRAHERN ART GALLERY
Gale Gibbs
UNSETTLING WORLD OF WORDS AND
PAINT
Artist Gale Gibbs' work will
take you for walk inside the
mind
By Stacy Smith Segovia - The
Leaf Chronicle
Go section September 3 1999
Don't walk into the Trahern
Gallery anytime soon expecting
to get a quick...
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Collections:
Selected Private Collections:
Mr. and Mrs. Scott L.
Michener, Lawton, Oklahoma
Chris and Kanomie Miyahira,
Plano, Texas
Rockwall Arts Alliance,
Rockwall, Texas
Cathy Watts, Dallas, Texas
Lisa LeMaster, The LeMaster
Group, Dallas, Texas
Nancy Simpson, Dallas, Texas
Holly Bennett, Dallas, Texas
Dian Malouf, Dallas, Texas
Benson Warren, Lawton,
Oklahoma
Cameron ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Gale Gibbs's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Gale Gibbs's Portfolio. Browse Gibbs's body of work: Gale Gibbs, Artist Statement
Main Entry: short story
Function: noun
: an invented prose narrative shorter than a novel usually dealing with a few characters and aiming at unity of effect and often concentrating on the creation of mood rather than plot
My work in the last few years has developed from what I saw as contemporary cave painting to the telling of tales or short stories, which by definition, offers me some opportunity to create a story which may or may not have a plot but rather asks the viewer to participate and finish the story that I have begun. ... |
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An airplane, 2009
Acrylic Painting,
32 x 48 X 2 inches
Price: US$ 800
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From There to go and Return, 2009
Other Painting,
33 x 42 X 3 inches
Price: US$ 1200
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Something still lives here, 2009
Oil Painting,
48 x 48 X 2 inches
Price: US$ 800
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Life Inside the Birdhouse, 2005
Mixed Media,
18 x 22 X 2 inches
Price: US$ 1200
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The Day the Blowfish fell, 2005
Mixed Media,
18 x 22 X 1 inches
Price: US$ 800
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Air Travel, 2006
Acrylic Painting,
60 x 60 X 2 inches
Price: US$ 3000
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