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GALE GIBBS
My images are a search to find and hold what we cannot hold. They are a moment, a desire, a wish, or an impossible delusion.
I have always been an artist searching for the fragmented portrait that is capable of touching archetypal places in my mind. I search for images that can be at once humorous, forbidden, uncomfortable, and familiar. My images can appear as if choreographed or as personal theater, a poetic verse, a harsh reality, a heavenly feeling – combining the “real” and the abstract, creating a psychological environment.
As an artist, I find myself constantly conflicted between the abstract idea and the reality of the finished and tangible product. These moments compel me to further explore, question, accept, and deny the realities of myself and the world I live in.