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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. Working in acrylic
on canvas, a modern colorist, she expresses an affirmation
of life with a hint of the solitary. In 2007 she embarked
on a new undertaking, to express her thoughts about the state
of the world, the "In The World" series.
Prior to her art career, Eleanor Gilpatrick was professor
at the School of Health Sciences, Hunter College, City University
of New York (CUNY). She won prizes for painting and draftsmanship
in high school and at the Educational Alliance in New York
City, but chose to study the social sciences in college and
graduate school, and eventually became an expert in health
care policy and human resources. She authored four books,
directed a masters program in health services administration,
and pioneered courses in critical thinking and writing.
She picked up the thread of drawing and painting in 1998 in
plein-air workshops in Italy and returned to serious study
at Hunter College, where Gabriele Evertz and Bob Swain became
her mentors. Now, Professor Emerita at Hunter College, she
is painting independently.
Gilpatrick's work includes strong, romantic landscapes set
in New York and places she has traveled to in the US and Europe.
She is influenced by the 19th Century sensibility of Turner
and The Hudson River School, but expresses a 21st Century
"take" with vigorous brushwork and strong composition.
The work with the figure looks at people in motion at a moment
in time, absorbed in the activity of their daily lives, wherever
that may be.
Gilpatrick has annual solo shows
at the Jadite Galleries, 413 west 50th Street, Manhattan,
and has had solo shows at the Landmark Lobby Gallery, Eastview/Tarrytown,
NY, the Gallery at Merritt Crossing, Milford, CT, and the
Bulgarian Consulate, Manhattan.
She has been in juried shows
including the Galleria D'Arte Mentana,
Florence, Italy; the Marymount Manhattan College Gallery,
Manhattan; the Cork Gallery, Lincoln Center Manhattan; the
Pen and Brush Gallery, Manhattan; the Stage Gallery, Merrick,
NY; the First Hudson River Art at Rhinebeck show, NY; the
Westport Cultural Center, CT; The Chautauqua Center for the
Visual Arts, NY; the Bowery Gallery, Manhattan; Gallery International,
Baltimore, MD, where she was awarded 3rd place in the 2-D
category; the Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT;
Gallery West, Alexandria, VA; Art Harvest at WEAVE, Sacramento,
CA; the Riverview Gallery, Havre de Grace, MD; the Mills Pond
House Gallery, St. James, NY; the Woodstock School of Art
Gallery, NY; online with the American Juried Art Salon (2005,
2006, and 2007) and HerStory, Manhattan Arts International;
The Riverfront Studios, Schuylerville, NY; the Touchtone Gallery,
Washington, DC.; Studio Montclair, George Segal Gallery, Montclair,
NJ; Fieldsone Fine Arts, Ramsey, NJ; The Organization Of Independent
Artists' 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Manhattan; The Easton
Arts Council, Art In The House, Easton, CT; The Lana Santorelli
Gallery, NYC.; and The Hudson Guild Gallery in NYC.
Gilpatrick
was selected to show as a member of the Riverview Gallery,
Havre de Grace, MD. for the years April, 2006 through March,
2008. Her painting, The Shell Monument, was the August selection
for the 2007 Emerging Artists Calendar.
A
revealing interview with the artist appears on the March 31,
2008 blog of "WaterRose." Please
scroll to the date.
Public
art includes a 1999 triptych, "Crosswalk
Gestures," acrylic and photo collage on canvas (below),
at Hunter College. It depicts
students on an overhead bridge between buildings; and is on
display in the Oasis Room, 2nd floor, North Building.
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