G.G is a graphic designer for a long list of book publishers. She started this line of work after graduating with a BFA degree and needing money to pay her student loans. But, what she really enjoys is painting. One of her favorite things about her work is making her own paint from oil and pigment She only works in oil and will not use plastic like arcrylic paints. She is a realist painter so the only pattern is that she typically works with a single person a urban setting kind of like Edward Hopper in New York City with the balls of Marilyn Minter.
Her process involves bloking out spaces, then an under painting and the painstaking process to make something not real very much alive. G.G paints in enamel so there is a glossy finish to it. Very slick and modern realism.
"The worst thing that happened to me as an artist was art school - being forced to paint things that you have no interest in and take classes you have no interest in. I feel I would be a more diverse artist, but in school I was stuck in my major"
G.G's advice to a struggling young artist "just keep making art even if feel blocked. Every day get in studio and do somthing artistic"
G.G has no promotional materials because she paints for herself friends
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