FINE ARTS PORTFOLIO
Art has always captivated me. My mother went to art school when I was little girl.
Soon we were visiting art museums and gallery shows often.
I still remember vividly those experiences, as well as the joy art gave to my mother.
So naturally, I began to draw and paint. 30 something years later
I still carry my sketchbook with me wherever I go.
I have a deep respect for traditional training in techniques and
always maintain an attention to detail manner when creating.
always maintain an attention to detail manner when creating.
However, it is a 21st century contemporary global culture going on out there.
I live it, be it, breathe it, and transmute it into the physical and
virtual worlds through the art and design mediums.
The 'Beauty' series was the last series of art I created.
Some while death was imminent and others after it rocked my world.
After my mother died, I stopped painting and this has been a long worn out hiatus.
But cycles ebb and flow.... I have picked up the brush once again.
splatter of color, shades and glazes, so close, so there
see my heart in every brushstroke,
deepest longings within paint
heaviness of collective sorrows, lightness of the brightest sun,
past roots within
the now and zen...
the now and zen...
The Beauty Series
‘Beauty’ is an experimentation combining various mixed media artforms to create
artwork that pushes the boundaries of aesthetics and Harmony.
The age old encaustic technique combines with modern internet images.
The age old encaustic technique combines with modern internet images.
Pigments of the Old Masters layer with copper and collage.
A mixing of the present and the past together as
one symbolizing our contemporary melting pot culture.
Assimilation
Globalization
It is Beautiful.
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Deeper Experience
Summer 2007
Untitled
Summer 2007
photographed with the artist at the Ah Haa Gallery
Telluride, Colorado
Life is Love and Love is Life
Summer 2007
photographed with the artist at the Ah Haa Gallery
Telluride, Colorado
The Facets of Food Series
The following is an excerpt from an article written about this series in The Telluride Watch, a newspaper based in Telluride, Colorado,
published January 29th, 2007:
Artist Sequoia Gordon’s solo exhibit at the Stronghouse Studios gallery, “Facets of Food,”
explores the various fruits and vegetables we consume daily. On the surface, the subject may
seem mundane, but Gordon’s work expresses so much more about these humble foods. Aside from
satiating hunger, food can involve many issues concerning human rights, politics, environment,
and even the global economy.
Gordon dabbled in the arts throughout her childhood, and became more serious about her art
during her senior year in high school. She hasn’t let up since.
She first arrived in Telluride in 1998, and moved to Durango in 2004 to study art at Fort Lewis
College. After earning her BA with an emphasis in painting, Gordon returned to the Telluride area.
Gordon’s work incorporates the ancient technique of encaustic, which is basically painting with
hot wax. She uses the wax with oil and acrylic paints while mixing in various photographs. She
strives to aesthetically fuse beauty and balance, while creating awareness with her
multi-media paintings.
Read more: Watch Newspapers - Telluride Foundation Awards Special Initiatives Grant
explores the various fruits and vegetables we consume daily. On the surface, the subject may
seem mundane, but Gordon’s work expresses so much more about these humble foods. Aside from
satiating hunger, food can involve many issues concerning human rights, politics, environment,
and even the global economy.
Gordon dabbled in the arts throughout her childhood, and became more serious about her art
during her senior year in high school. She hasn’t let up since.
She first arrived in Telluride in 1998, and moved to Durango in 2004 to study art at Fort Lewis
College. After earning her BA with an emphasis in painting, Gordon returned to the Telluride area.
Gordon’s work incorporates the ancient technique of encaustic, which is basically painting with
hot wax. She uses the wax with oil and acrylic paints while mixing in various photographs. She
strives to aesthetically fuse beauty and balance, while creating awareness with her
multi-media paintings.
Read more: Watch Newspapers - Telluride Foundation Awards Special Initiatives Grant
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Grape Harvest
Banana Paradox
Maize Revisited
Modern Day Still Life
Genetically Modified Still Life
This is What Democracy Looks Like!