Jean-Claude Gaugy to Introduce a New Painting Technique to the Art World
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Mary Martin Gallery
39 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401
39 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401
843.723.0303
On October 1st, Jean-Claude Gaugy will be introducing a new painting technique at the Mary Martin Gallery. Those attending the French Quarter Gallery Association art walk will be given a unique and rare opportunity to meet Gaugy who is famous for his carved paintings and for having been discovered by Salvador Dali.
Jean-Claude Gaugy will be exhibiting a body of work, Textured Drawings, showing a new technique of painting that is a variation of original drawings executed directly on a texture applied to board and painted in the linear expressionistic style. Using this new technique the artist can be more spontaneous and fresh. The exhibit will contain small works in a series of six, as well as individual pieces.
This technique and the smaller sizes allow his work to be acquired by a greater number of people than the painted woodcarvings he is known for in his career.
In Gaugy’s celebrated carved paintings, expressions of the human soul find articulation in textured line and color, and in images that reflect the essence of who we are. Gaugy continues a tradition of synthesis, fusing well-mastered skills of sculpture and painting in a signature style that has become known as Linear Expressionism. He carves rhythmic yet decisive lines into wood, and then complements that powerful sense of movement with the rich complexities of color.
Dali discovered Gaugy in a dining club where Jean-Claude was painting for customers. Dali was so taken with what he saw that he arranged for a one-man exhibition of Gaugy's paintings at the Galerie de Seine in Paris. Soon Gaugy's work was being shown in Brussels and Germany. The Russian government purchased three of his large paintings at a group show at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, and the young artist was flown by consular jet to Moscow for museum installation of the works. As his art evolved and matured, Gaugy found himself commissioned to create many murals, some as large as 50 feet. Among his clients were the Rockefeller Foundation, New York's Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and the National Foundation for Depressive Illnesses, which in 1991 unveiled Gaugy's 30-foot work at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. In 1994, the government of Luxembourg sponsored a major exhibition of Gaugy’s carved paintings.
With international recognition and a lifetime of accolades, Jean-Claude Gaugy continues to rise at 4:30 each morning with a singular focus. He brings to his studio all the intensity of an artist whose passion is communication through his art. Wanting to convey a message of spiritual unity to his collectors, his intent is to touch that same pure place he experiences when creating his art in those who will live with it.
He is represented in Charleston by the Mary Martin Gallery at 39 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401. Call 843-723-0303 for more information.
Jean-Claude Gaugy will be exhibiting a body of work, Textured Drawings, showing a new technique of painting that is a variation of original drawings executed directly on a texture applied to board and painted in the linear expressionistic style. Using this new technique the artist can be more spontaneous and fresh. The exhibit will contain small works in a series of six, as well as individual pieces.
This technique and the smaller sizes allow his work to be acquired by a greater number of people than the painted woodcarvings he is known for in his career.
In Gaugy’s celebrated carved paintings, expressions of the human soul find articulation in textured line and color, and in images that reflect the essence of who we are. Gaugy continues a tradition of synthesis, fusing well-mastered skills of sculpture and painting in a signature style that has become known as Linear Expressionism. He carves rhythmic yet decisive lines into wood, and then complements that powerful sense of movement with the rich complexities of color.
Dali discovered Gaugy in a dining club where Jean-Claude was painting for customers. Dali was so taken with what he saw that he arranged for a one-man exhibition of Gaugy's paintings at the Galerie de Seine in Paris. Soon Gaugy's work was being shown in Brussels and Germany. The Russian government purchased three of his large paintings at a group show at the Museum of Modern Art in Paris, and the young artist was flown by consular jet to Moscow for museum installation of the works. As his art evolved and matured, Gaugy found himself commissioned to create many murals, some as large as 50 feet. Among his clients were the Rockefeller Foundation, New York's Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, and the National Foundation for Depressive Illnesses, which in 1991 unveiled Gaugy's 30-foot work at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. In 1994, the government of Luxembourg sponsored a major exhibition of Gaugy’s carved paintings.
With international recognition and a lifetime of accolades, Jean-Claude Gaugy continues to rise at 4:30 each morning with a singular focus. He brings to his studio all the intensity of an artist whose passion is communication through his art. Wanting to convey a message of spiritual unity to his collectors, his intent is to touch that same pure place he experiences when creating his art in those who will live with it.
He is represented in Charleston by the Mary Martin Gallery at 39 Broad Street, Charleston, SC 29401. Call 843-723-0303 for more information.
