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| Gabrielle
England
1520 Woodard Ct NW Olympia, WA 98502 360.956.1017
info@gabrielleengland.com
Fax.360.956.9493
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Born
Selected Exhibitions
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Enfield,
England August 4, 1971
Olympia Arts Walk, Spring 2006
Olympia Arts Walk, Fall 2006
Emerald Downs Equestrian Art Show 2006
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Northwest
Dressage Expo, Woodinville, WA 2006
Dressage At Devonwood, Sherwood, OR 2006
Emerald
Downs Equestrian Art Show 2007
Dressage at Devonwood, Sherwood OR 2007
Gallery Contempo, “Oneness” Olympia, WA June 2007 ~ Group
Show
Gloria Day Luth. Church, Olympia WA 2007 ~ Solo exhibit
Two Vault Gallery, Tacoma WA 2008 ~ Featured Artist
Hacienda de las Rosas Winery, San Diego, CA 2008 ~ Solo Exhibit
Batdorf & Bronson Coffeehouse, Olympia, WA 2008 ~ Solo Exhibit
The Glory of Horses,
http://www.gloryofhorses.com/index.html
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Education
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Self Taught
South Puget Sound Community College
Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA
Studied under Simon Kogan, Larry Freemantle
Gage Academy of Arts, Seattle, WA Encaustic Intensive Workshop
Pratt Fine art Center, Seattle WA Modern Approach to Encaustics
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Select Publications
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California Riding Magazine
Artist Issue 2005
Artist Issue 2006
Artist Issue 2007
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Travel
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Mexico, Canada, England, Wales, France: Monet's Gardens
at Giverney,
Spain, Jerez Equestrian Institute of Lippizaner Horses, The Alhambra
Palace
Egypt, Cairo Museum, Great Pyramids, Alexandria
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The challenge facing all equine artists is how best to convey the raw
power and sensuous feel of the horse together with the emotion it embodies.
When creating I am attracted by simplicity. Abstract lines, suggestive
details, these conjure up the energy of each body of work. My aim is to
give just enough information through line and texture to encourage the
viewer's mind and eyes to finish the painting. It is this 'work' that
creates the emotional power of the painting.
I began my career working with pastels, watercolor and more traditional
mediums. However, I find myself increasingly drawn to the exploration
of texture and color in alternative ways. Currently, the most satisfying
are oil encaustic and pumice worked with acrylic.
The ancient discipline of oil encaustic involves painting in molten wax
infused with oil pigment, bronze and gold leaf, and beautiful rice papers.
Whilst the line of the subject is simplicity itself, the medium is surprisingly
complex. The beeswax layers give tangible definition yet allow for a kind
of opaque saturation with wonderful density of color.
Moving from ancient to modern techniques, I have enjoyed creating with
pumice stone worked into acrylic. Again, the medium allows for simple
lines within a complex texture. I sculpt the paintings with a pallet knife
so that the horse appears to live within the stone.
My paintings are tactile. They leave you, the viewer, wanting to reach
out and touch them. In the same way you might reach out to lay your hand
on the flank of a powerful horse, with love and respect and a sense of
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