Gayle Crites

"Bark"

June 7th - July 7th 2013

Featured Exhibition Work

Passport

by Gayle Crites

2009

Brush and ink drawing, painting with silk dye

85 X 26 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 12572

Brush and ink drawing, painting with silk dye, handmade tapa from Tonga, camelhair from Iraq and silk from Japan.

" Bark"

Artists:
Gayle Crites

Past Show : June 7th - July 7th 2013

For Crites’ second solo show at Chiaroscuro she continues working with tapa paper, ink and dyes, creating abstractions regarding interconnectedness on a global level. From the environmental to the human, Crites’ work is inspired by the ties we all have to nature and each other. Her “webs” of black lines flow over the rough texture of tapa, like rivers or threads of connecting and re-connecting paths. The exhibition will include numerous individual compositions as well as a large scale installation piece.

Opening Reception: Friday, June 7, 5-7pm

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Exhibition Works

When you drink the water...

by Gayle Crites

2012

Hand-pounded bark, paper & silk

53 X 25 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 13960

$ 5,000

This piece consists of hand-pounded bark and silk and a brush and ink drawing on artist hand-made paper. It contains elements from Tonga, China and Japan.

The title refers to an old Irish proverb, "When you drink the water, remember the spring."

Lingo

by Gayle Crites

2011

Hand pounded bark, indigo, paper, silk

17 X 60 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 13733

Hand pounded bark and natural indigo, paper and silk from Tonga, China and Japan. A polymer plate etching by the artist is the basis for the work with designs overlaid.

The piece is floated on a soft linen background and surrounded by a 3/4 inch birch frame.

Border Run

by Gayle Crites

2011

Hand pounded bark, indigo, paper, silk

60 X 20 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 13732

Hand pounded bark and natural indigo, paper and silk from Tonga, China and Japan. A brush and ink drawing on paper made by the artist underlies the silk.

The piece is floated on a soft linen background and surrounded by a 3/4 inch birch frame.

Firewater Fall

by Gayle Crites

2013

Brush & ink drawing on pounded bark

108 X 48 inches

Inventory ID: # 14392

This work consists of a brush & ink drawing on hand-pounded bark (siapo) from Samoa, burns, natural indigo from India, silk dye, silk from China and ink from Japan.

Moves In the Path of...

by Gayle Crites

2013

Pounded bark, burns, silk

64 X 38 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 14391

The full title of this work is "Moves In the Path of Least Resistance".

This work consists of hand-pounded bark (tapa) from Tonga, burns and silk from China.

Takes On the Form In Which It Is Held

by Gayle Crites

2013

Pounded bark, burns, silk dye, silk

64 X 38 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 14390

This work consists of hand-pounded bark (tapa) from Tonga, burns, silk dye and silk from China.

Narrow Path to Something Pure

by Gayle Crites

2013

Brush & ink drawing on pounded bark

38 X 32 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 14389

This work consists of a brush & ink drawing on hand-pounded bark (tuno) from Nicaragua, burns, a manganese paint glaze from Nicaragua, silk from China and ink from Japan.

All We Could Know...

by Gayle Crites

2013

Brush & ink drawing on pounded bark

58 1/2 X 42 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 14388

$ 7,800

The full title of this work is "All We Could Know From Where We Stood".

This work consists of a brush & ink drawing on hand-pounded bark (tapa) from Tonga, silk dye, silk from China and ink from Japan.

Invisible Ones Walking...

by Gayle Crites

2013

Brush & ink drawing on pounded bark

45 X 63 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 14387

The full title of this work is "Invisible Ones Walking in Wounded Circles".

This work consists of a brush & ink drawing on hand-pounded and burned bark (siapo) from Samoa, silk dye, silk from China and ink from Japan.

Fishermen Know

by Gayle Crites

2013

Brush & ink drawing on pounded bark

49 X 26 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 14386

This work consists of a brush & ink drawing on hand-pounded bark (tapa) from Tonga and contains natural indigo from India, silk from China and ink from Japan.

All Through the Missing Rain

by Gayle Crites

2013

Brush & ink drawing on pounded bark

41 X 58 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 14385

This work consists of a brush & ink drawing on hand-pounded bark (tapa) from Tonga and contains burns, silk dye, silk from China and ink from Japan.

No Word For That in English

by Gayle Crites

2013

Brush & ink drawing on pounded bark

49 X 26 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 14384

This work consists of a brush & ink drawing on hand-pounded bark (tapa) from Tonga and contains elements of natural cochineal from Mexico (Coffee), silk from China and ink from Japan.

Passport

by Gayle Crites

2009

Brush and ink drawing, painting with silk dye

85 X 26 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 12572

Brush and ink drawing, painting with silk dye, handmade tapa from Tonga, camelhair from Iraq and silk from Japan.