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Janice Mathews-Gordon Governor's Gallery April 29 - June 30, 2013 file:////maindc/users/gphillips/PDFs%2074/Janice%20Mathews-Gordon%20Governor's%20Gallery%20April%2029%20-%20June%2030,%202013.htm[4/24/2013 10:06:06 AM] Janice Mathews-Gordon Previaling Wind by Janice Mathews-Gordon Janice Mathews-Gordon Wanderings Governor's Gallery - April 29 - June 30, 2013 Janice Mathews-Gordon is an experimental painter and mixed media artist who resides in Oklahoma City. She attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, followed by Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1981, becoming the first woman graduate, and class valedictorian, of a historically male college. In 2003, after a successful, 25-year career running her own graphic design firm, Mathews-Gordon returned to study studio painting as a graduate student at Oklahoma City University. She has worked as a full-time studio artist since 2007. For the artwork in this exhibit, titled Wanderings, Mathews-Gordon experiments with acrylic paint and mixed media to explore the journeys we embark on during a lifetime. The compositions are set against a backdrop of abstract shapes, suggestive of the rocky land formations and wide-open spaces known to Oklahoma and the Southwest. Mathews-Gordon explains, "Here, journeys are not depicted in linear form; rather, the jumbled shapes, symbols, and complementary colors convey shifts, obstacles, and pauses. They are a visual representation of the inherent dichotomies that compose our lives." "In these explorations," she continues, "symbolic imagery surfaces constantly as I define figural or bird shapes, or abstract segments of a window, door or house. Figures weave in and out of shapes, some of which represent choices, possibilities, encounters, and respites. Abstract elements of a house suggest leaving or returning home, fleeing or staying. Rectangular indications of windows may signal looking in or out; they may form barriers or enable sight. A bird shape conveys a moment, a speck of time, or perhaps something outside of oneself, possibly an observer." Textures play a recurring role in this series. The surface of the hardboard or canvas is cut by large sections of buckled, wrinkled papers; on some, sticks or leaves protrude. Paint has been applied both heavily and thinly, enhancing built-up textures. Acrylic colors range from watery transparent layers to mask-like opaque layers, with gesso acting as a conduit for many of the cloudier layers. Large and small areas of converging complementary colors create both excitement and unease. Shades of green and turquoise suggest growth and change, or create a sense of respite and comfort. Red and red-orange thread throughout all of the pieces which evoke emotions of longing, frustration, and even thwarted passion. Other colors add visual punctuation, echoing the tenor and light of the Oklahoma plains. Oklahoma poet Judith Tate O'Brien writes: "Even though we tell it like a road, the fact is life is a forest. Messy. Meandering. Broken. Tripped up by undergrowth." Through this exhibit, the viewer is asked to consider the journey embarked on by us all, with its unpredictable Capitol Exhibitions The Capitol is home to four art galleries, exhibiting works of current and past Oklahoma artists. East Gallery North Gallery Governor's Gallery Betty Price Gallery About the Governor's Gallery Located on the second floor of the Capitol, adjacent to the Governor's Blue Room, the Governor's Gallery features paintings and mixed media works by current Oklahoma artists. Exhibits rotate approximately every 60 days. Hours: Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The North Gallery is curated by the Oklahoma Arts Council. For more information contact Alyson Atchison at 405.521.2931 or alyson.atchison@arts.ok.gov. Past Governor's Gallery Exhibitions Selection of Artists for Exhibition Upcoming Governor's Gallery Exhibits Janice Mathews-Gordon (Oklahoma City) April 29 - June 30, 2013 Helen F. Howerton (Tulsa) July 8 - September 8, 2013 Larry Layton (Guthrie) About Us Our Programs Grants Arts in Schools Arts in Communities Art at the Capitol Art Networks Tweet 0 Like 0
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Full text | Janice Mathews-Gordon Governor's Gallery April 29 - June 30, 2013 file:////maindc/users/gphillips/PDFs%2074/Janice%20Mathews-Gordon%20Governor's%20Gallery%20April%2029%20-%20June%2030,%202013.htm[4/24/2013 10:06:06 AM] Janice Mathews-Gordon Previaling Wind by Janice Mathews-Gordon Janice Mathews-Gordon Wanderings Governor's Gallery - April 29 - June 30, 2013 Janice Mathews-Gordon is an experimental painter and mixed media artist who resides in Oklahoma City. She attended Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, followed by Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where she earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1981, becoming the first woman graduate, and class valedictorian, of a historically male college. In 2003, after a successful, 25-year career running her own graphic design firm, Mathews-Gordon returned to study studio painting as a graduate student at Oklahoma City University. She has worked as a full-time studio artist since 2007. For the artwork in this exhibit, titled Wanderings, Mathews-Gordon experiments with acrylic paint and mixed media to explore the journeys we embark on during a lifetime. The compositions are set against a backdrop of abstract shapes, suggestive of the rocky land formations and wide-open spaces known to Oklahoma and the Southwest. Mathews-Gordon explains, "Here, journeys are not depicted in linear form; rather, the jumbled shapes, symbols, and complementary colors convey shifts, obstacles, and pauses. They are a visual representation of the inherent dichotomies that compose our lives." "In these explorations," she continues, "symbolic imagery surfaces constantly as I define figural or bird shapes, or abstract segments of a window, door or house. Figures weave in and out of shapes, some of which represent choices, possibilities, encounters, and respites. Abstract elements of a house suggest leaving or returning home, fleeing or staying. Rectangular indications of windows may signal looking in or out; they may form barriers or enable sight. A bird shape conveys a moment, a speck of time, or perhaps something outside of oneself, possibly an observer." Textures play a recurring role in this series. The surface of the hardboard or canvas is cut by large sections of buckled, wrinkled papers; on some, sticks or leaves protrude. Paint has been applied both heavily and thinly, enhancing built-up textures. Acrylic colors range from watery transparent layers to mask-like opaque layers, with gesso acting as a conduit for many of the cloudier layers. Large and small areas of converging complementary colors create both excitement and unease. Shades of green and turquoise suggest growth and change, or create a sense of respite and comfort. Red and red-orange thread throughout all of the pieces which evoke emotions of longing, frustration, and even thwarted passion. Other colors add visual punctuation, echoing the tenor and light of the Oklahoma plains. Oklahoma poet Judith Tate O'Brien writes: "Even though we tell it like a road, the fact is life is a forest. Messy. Meandering. Broken. Tripped up by undergrowth." Through this exhibit, the viewer is asked to consider the journey embarked on by us all, with its unpredictable Capitol Exhibitions The Capitol is home to four art galleries, exhibiting works of current and past Oklahoma artists. East Gallery North Gallery Governor's Gallery Betty Price Gallery About the Governor's Gallery Located on the second floor of the Capitol, adjacent to the Governor's Blue Room, the Governor's Gallery features paintings and mixed media works by current Oklahoma artists. Exhibits rotate approximately every 60 days. Hours: Weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The North Gallery is curated by the Oklahoma Arts Council. For more information contact Alyson Atchison at 405.521.2931 or alyson.atchison@arts.ok.gov. Past Governor's Gallery Exhibitions Selection of Artists for Exhibition Upcoming Governor's Gallery Exhibits Janice Mathews-Gordon (Oklahoma City) April 29 - June 30, 2013 Helen F. Howerton (Tulsa) July 8 - September 8, 2013 Larry Layton (Guthrie) About Us Our Programs Grants Arts in Schools Arts in Communities Art at the Capitol Art Networks Tweet 0 Like 0 |
Date created | 2013-04-24 |
Date modified | 2013-04-24 |
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