Name: Gail M. Allen
Location: USA
Title: “Crossing Over”
Price of Original: $400 – Prints Available!
Size: 16″ x 24″
Medium: Acrylic on Board
Artist Website:
http://www.gailallenartist.com/
Link to Purchase Orig: http://gailallenartist.com/mbr_purchase.php
Link to Purchase Prints/Giclees:
http://gail-allen.artistwebsites.com/art/all/all/prints
7 responses so far ↓
1 Sonya Meglaurel // Oct 16, 2010 at 8:01 pm
was breathing an ahhhhh, yes-that’s Gail’s work am now recognizing the style then paused. The title,
and my heart is touched. Perfection found.
2 Rusty // Oct 16, 2010 at 8:35 pm
I like that we do not know which is crossing over. Clever.
I like the repeated pattern of the arch.
3 Gail // Oct 16, 2010 at 9:42 pm
Thanks for your thoughts. This was definitely a contemplative piece for me….love to see everyone’s different interpretation.
4 Vikki // Oct 17, 2010 at 10:57 am
I enjoy your work SO much, Gail. Its always has an assured ease to it. I especially like the texture on her dress. Really nice work. And what is she ’crossing over’ to? You must tell us.
5 Ray Shuell // Oct 17, 2010 at 11:05 am
I think that it is so open to interpretation is one of the beauties of the painting, we all see what we see. The affect you’ve achieved on the dress is stunning.
6 Gail Allen // Oct 19, 2010 at 7:43 pm
Thank you Vikki and Ray – the effect on the dress is done with Golden Acrylic’s Glass Bead Texture gel. I love the effects you can get with some of their new products. Using them keeps my work fresh and challenging, because of the unpredictability of how it will work in the final product.
This piece is, for me, about passages in life we go through, and the state of “crossing over” intuitively, as well as physically, to new perceptions and acuity – a sort of “secret window” that we pass through as we enter a new phase of maturity and understanding. I am leaving it open to the viewer’s interpretation to figure out who is crossing over. You may read a bit more written about this piece, and the background on it, on my blog site:
http://wwwgailallenartist.blogspot.com
7 Sarah // Oct 20, 2010 at 9:53 pm
Gail, I did enjoy reading more about the background to this. It makes me think of how many ‘secret windows’ we pass through in life.
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