She has always loved line, and she is drawn to the strong yet graceful line of the Calla Lilly which prompted a series of pastels using this flower as the subject. It was only much later in her career that she began to draw flowers. She combines her love of drawing and of rural Ohio into strong, dramatic pieces which conveys her concern about the rapid loss of our farmland due to rampant sub-urbanization. The true success of my painting happens when the experience and emotion I am conveying is seen and felt by others.īarbara Gillette is a landscape painter and environmentalist who works primarily in chalk pastel. Well, it happens when I can walk away with no regrets and sometimes not remember making it or as they say, “Keeping your head out of the game!” So often people ask me how I know when a piece is complete.
I often spend a great deal of time cleaning up brush or knife strokes, and applying countless layers of glazes for depth, and to enhance the colors dominate I further enhance the design to create a strong composition, with added visual texture, and bold use of color to create tension within the elements, trusting my intuition to advance into the finished piece. I have to constantly remind myself to not “fall in love” with anything quite yet it is only paint! I start laying in the larger shapes which define the composition and set the movement of the piece. It is in this stage that the city or the building, or the memories start coming to life. I start with a base coat of patterns and shapes creating what I consider the most important step. I have a vague idea of what I hope to achieve but the piece takes shape quickly, and leads the way. Her paintings are featured in private and corporate collections both nationally as well as internationally.īefore I start any painting I select my pallet, based on the series I am currently working on, or the subject matter. Ursula shows her work at the Pendleton Art Center in Cincinnati and is represented by selected galleries. I want people who look at my art to be transported into another realm, to transcend the normal human experience.” “My art makes a strong, bold statement, an unambiguous statement,” says the artist. Ursula experiences a spiritual connection as she creates art, something she wants the viewer to experience as well. She enjoys alternating between landscapes and abstracts to keep her interests in both genres high. She likes to focus on the fundamental nature of a scene – the values, colors and shapes – using a “notan” study, a Japanese method of examining lights and darks. She has studied with and been influenced by the work of Wolf Kahn, Susan Sarback, Doug Dawson and Albert Handell.Īlways filled with ideas, Ursula can be as inspired by driving in the country as looking through a magazine.
She lives in Ohio, where she attended Edgecliff College on scholarship, graduating in 1978 with a B.A. Ursula’s art reflects a wide range of moods, from light and playful to deep and mysterious.īorn in Germany in 1955, Ursula has been influenced by a rich cultural background of old world museums, art, music and architecture. Brenner creates a diverse array of landscapes and contemporary abstracts in pastels, acrylics and oils, using contrasts in form and color to underscore emotion in each piece. 2014 Cleveland Institute of Art, Printmaking Emphasis in Biomedical ArtĢ014 “System-Cut”, Art Spot Gallery, Cleveland, OHĢ013 “Houses: A History of Homes in Cleveland”, CWRU Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences, Cleveland, OHĢ016 Encaustics Exhibition, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OHĢ015 Top Pics, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OHĢ014 43rd Annual Valley Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Chagrin Falls, OHĢ014 The New Now, Cuyahoga Community College, Beachwood, OHĢ014 Transformation, The Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OHĢ014 Summer Show, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OHĢ014 Blaze of Glory, Art Spot, Cleveland, OHĢ014 Exploring the Senses, Indigo Perfumery, Cleveland, OHĢ014 Spring Show, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OHĢ014 Art Cares, Cleveland Play House, Cleveland, OHĢ014 Systems & Language, Juma Gallery, Shaker Heights, OHĢ014 SIE, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OHĢ013 Arttwerk, Reinberger Galleries, Cleveland, OHĢ013 Sprawl, Art Spot Gallery, Cleveland, OHĢ013 Rags Make Paper, The Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OHĢ013 Alumni & Student Show, Loren Nagi Gallery, Cleveland, OHĢ013 6th Annual Benefit, The Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OHĢ012 Art Cares, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OHĢ012 Student Show, Art Spot Gallery, Cleveland Heights, OHĢ012 On/Of Paper, Joseph McCullough Center, Cleveland, OHĢ014 Cleveland Institute of Art’s Permanent Collection
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