sunia gibbs catalog

SUNIA GIBBSpainting with a knife

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Sunia Gibbs is a painter living in Portland, OR. Originally from Minneapolis, MN, Gibbs has travelled across the globe finding inspiration for her music and art. Raised in seemingly shy and introverted Scandinavian culture and having toured in Northern Europe, her pieces are often tempered with dark shades and subtle tonal shifts, so as not to draw too much attention. At the same time, travels in the Middle East and Nicaragua inspire muted backgrounds with bold objects of interest that are meant to be observed and taken in.

As Sunia paints, she often listens to music that fits and nurtures a specific mood to be captured in each piece. Harmonies and dissonance inspire colors that blend and contrast, communicating the calm and tension found in both music and life.

Though a formally trained musician, she often finds herself wandering into other creative disciplines. A self-taught artist, she began her career using only two tools: a palette knife and a large brush. Up close, her eye is guided across the epic surface of muted colors, revealing the seamless transitions of pigment that traverse from one textural interlude to the next, punctuated by brilliant blues, warm yellows, and dramatic reds. The palette knife then adds and subtracts layers of paint to reveal a myriad colors emitting a radiant glow.

For more information about Sunia Gibbs work, please contact Elaine Ngo.

Elainengos@gmail.com

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Already Not Yet 16x20x.5 Acrylic on stretched canvas 2014

Distressed 36x48x.5 Acrylic on stretched canvas 2014

Invisible City 20x16x1.5 Acrylic on stretched canvas 2013

May Skies 12x12x.5 Acrylic on stretched canvas 2014

Even the Dark 36x48x.5 Acrylic on stretched canvas 2014

Marooned 12x12x.5 Acrylic on stretched canvas 2014

Urban Jungle 24x20x1.5 Acrylic on stretched canvas 2014

Detours 60x48x1.5 Acrylic on stretched canvas 2014

Filtered Sunset 20x20x1 Acrylic on stretched canvas 2013

Washed Weave 12x12x.5 Acrylic on stretched canvas 2013

Want Ads 12x12x.5 Acrylic on stretched canvas 2014

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Will and Way 20x20x1.5 Acrylic on stretched canvas 2014

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