Selected Works
Bio
Louise Guerin artist statement
I've been living in Brooklyn New York for 15 years and haven't lost my New Zealand accent. Suppose it makes sense that even though I live in such a urban setting it is wild landscapes that continue to inspire me. Usually these are remote areas I loved as a child and which inhabit my dreams - but Coney Island and Red Hook can be equally compelling when seen on the right day. In the last year or so I have painted many storm scenes - the dramatic skies and wild waters which transform familiar settings can be metaphors for internal struggles or representations of the tumultous external events around us all, especially at present. For a long time I have been carefully painting and thinking about the surface I'm creating but part way through this year I decided to explore revealing some of the underpainting. Probably doesn't seem like much, but even just a tiny hint of a scarlet below-ground seems to significantly affect the liveliness of the interactions between the colours above. This process is having an effect on my memory, bringing new layers of thoughts and appreciation to the surface. My landscapes are expressive and realistic and part of an autobiographical exploration of my lives both at home and abroad
Solo exhibitions
2009 Home abroad Blue Mountain Gallery, New York
2005 The River to the Sea Blue Mountain Gallery, New York
2002 Here and There Blue Mountain Gallery, New York
Selected group shows
2009 Group show Galerie Mani, Berlin, Germany
2008 Nat Juried Show OIP at NY Law School, New York
2008 Nat Juried Show Prince Street Gallery, New York
Irving Sandler, Juror
2008 Whet Paint Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY
2007 Jazz Gallery Six, New York
2007 New Beginnings Blue Mountain Gallery, New York
Books and Commissions
Matriarchs with Judith Fyfe Penguin Books 1990
Sunlight Centennarians New Zealand Oral History Archive
Two Families New Zealand Oral History Archive
Awards
2008 Artist residency Spiro Arts, Park City UT
2006 Artist residency Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
2000 Artist residency Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock NY
Education
Arts Students League, NY, USA 1993-98. Certificate of Completion, Painting 1997
I've been living in Brooklyn New York for 15 years and haven't lost my New Zealand accent. Suppose it makes sense that even though I live in such a urban setting it is wild landscapes that continue to inspire me. Usually these are remote areas I loved as a child and which inhabit my dreams - but Coney Island and Red Hook can be equally compelling when seen on the right day. In the last year or so I have painted many storm scenes - the dramatic skies and wild waters which transform familiar settings can be metaphors for internal struggles or representations of the tumultous external events around us all, especially at present. For a long time I have been carefully painting and thinking about the surface I'm creating but part way through this year I decided to explore revealing some of the underpainting. Probably doesn't seem like much, but even just a tiny hint of a scarlet below-ground seems to significantly affect the liveliness of the interactions between the colours above. This process is having an effect on my memory, bringing new layers of thoughts and appreciation to the surface. My landscapes are expressive and realistic and part of an autobiographical exploration of my lives both at home and abroad
Solo exhibitions
2009 Home abroad Blue Mountain Gallery, New York
2005 The River to the Sea Blue Mountain Gallery, New York
2002 Here and There Blue Mountain Gallery, New York
Selected group shows
2009 Group show Galerie Mani, Berlin, Germany
2008 Nat Juried Show OIP at NY Law School, New York
2008 Nat Juried Show Prince Street Gallery, New York
Irving Sandler, Juror
2008 Whet Paint Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY
2007 Jazz Gallery Six, New York
2007 New Beginnings Blue Mountain Gallery, New York
Books and Commissions
Matriarchs with Judith Fyfe Penguin Books 1990
Sunlight Centennarians New Zealand Oral History Archive
Two Families New Zealand Oral History Archive
Awards
2008 Artist residency Spiro Arts, Park City UT
2006 Artist residency Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT
2000 Artist residency Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock NY
Education
Arts Students League, NY, USA 1993-98. Certificate of Completion, Painting 1997