
Falling Stars, 2011, mixed media transfer with beads, 40 x 32 inches
There is something beautiful about the movement of tones between black and white in an old photograph that can evoke in the viewer an inexpressive sensation. My work often begins with an emotive response to a particular photograph from my collection. I have manipulated photographic images in my work for over 20 years as a point of departure for subject matter. And I have combined pattern weave structures with photo-transfers using off-loom weaving methods. I have worked with paint, washes and glazes, thread and collected objects, such as buttons and beads, and developed non-traditional printing processes. In my drawings and print works, plant forms become animated in an interactive field with objects in an invented landscape. I like the juxtaposing of time past (dated from the photographs and use of actual objects) with present, and juxtaposing of planes, colors, and surfaces. The juxtaposing informs the work with a surreal, natural but unnatural effect and it also builds in lots of visual movement.
- Gail Skudera
Recent and Upcoming
2022
March 16 - April 30
Drip: A group exhibition exploring water issues
Studio Place Arts
Barre, VT
February-March
Visual Storytelling: Modern Culture
Chauvet Arts
Nashville, TN
February 14 - 28
Art You Love Auction
Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Rockland, ME
January 15 - April 30
Changing Lives, Changing Future
The Gallery at Atlantic
Boston, MA
2021
November 27
Annual AIDS Benefit
Krakow Witkin Gallery
Boston, MA
November 26 - December 31
Transient Beauty: Responding to Snowflake Bentley
Bennington Museum, VT
November 3 - 28
Art Forward
Galatea Fine Arts
Boston, MA
October 16 - 23
132nd NAWA All Member Exhibition
One Art Space
New York, NY
October 2 - December 5
Fall/Winter All Member Exhibition
Southern Vermont Arts Center Manchester, VT
September 15 - October 16
Gail Skudera: In the Current
Quick Change Gallery
Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
Opening August 7
Balance: Order & Chaos
Chauvet Arts
Nashville, TN
Falling Stars, 2011, mixed media transfer with beads, 40 x 32 inches