Gayle Crites

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2022

Cochineal, dyes, oxides on barkcloth

32 X 55.50 inches Framed

Inventory ID: # 16816

Framed dimensions: 33x57 inches. Paper dimensions 27 x 50.5 inches. Frame not shown, contact gallery for image of framed piece. Barkcloth is hand-pounded from Tonga.





    About Gayle Crites

    Bark comprises some of the world’s oldest cloth, and is still hand-pounded by indigenous women in locations ranging from the south Pacific through the Americas to Africa. I use varieties of this cultural art form from Tonga, American Samoa and Nicaragua as the “canvas” for my works in this show. Historic natural dyes of indigo blue from India and cochineal red from Mexico contribute more natural elements to these works, which connect ancient humankind to the burgeoning population of our modern world. Just as men have always relied upon trees for materials and oxygen, another connection between the ancients and modern society is our dependence upon, and challenges with, water. My most recent body of work reflects a theme of water and the concepts of flow, aquifer, drought, pollution and the tangled problems we face in using and preserving humanity’s lifeblood.

    Gayle Crites was born in 1949, Denver, Colorado. She earned a BA/Fine Art Printmaking from Colorado State University in 1971 and continued studies at the University of Mexico, Guadalajara. She has traveled to various countries to study the use of natural dyes, focusing her time with Zapotec weavers and dyers in the Oaxaca region of Mexico. She acquired barkcloth from Tonga, Samoa, Hawaii, Nicaragua, Africa and Peru, also through her travels and connections with individuals living abroad. Her work is featured nationally in magazines and books, museums and galleries, as well as in international exhibitions. Chiaroscuro Contemporary has represented her work on widely sourced hand-pounded barkcloth for over fifteen years and featured it in four solo exhibitions, including numerous group shows.

    All Works by Gayle Crites

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    2022

    Cochineal, dyes, oxides on barkcloth

    32 X 55.50 inches Framed

    Inventory ID: # 16816

    Framed dimensions: 33x57 inches. Paper dimensions 27 x 50.5 inches. Frame not shown, contact gallery for image of framed piece. Barkcloth is hand-pounded from Tonga.
    Reciprocal Palimpsest

    Reciprocal Palimpsest

    2022

    Cochineal, dyes, oxides on barkcloth

    55 X 35.50 inches Framed

    Inventory ID: # 16822

    Framed dimensions: 56 x 37 inches. Paper dimensions 50 x 30.5 inches. Frame not shown, contact gallery for image of framed piece. Barkcloth is hand-pounded from Tonga.
    Made fire, will pray for rain, II

    Made fire, will pray for rain, II

    2022

    Cochineal, dyes, oxides on barkcloth

    28 X 28 inches Framed

    Inventory ID: # 16823

    Framed dimensions: 29 x 29 inches. Paper dimensions 23 x 23 inches. Frame not shown, contact gallery for image of framed piece. Barkcloth is hand-pounded from Tonga.
    Foreseeable

    Foreseeable

    2022

    Cochineal, dyes, oxides on barkcloth

    31 X 30.50 inches Framed

    Inventory ID: # 16821

    Framed dimensions: 32 x 32 inches. Paper dimensions 26 x 26 inches. Frame not shown, contact gallery for image of framed piece. Barkcloth is hand-pounded from Tonga.
    Pacem II

    Pacem II

    2021

    Natural earth oxide on Yanchama

    59 X 42 inches Framed

    Inventory ID: # 16643

    Medium Description: Yanchama, is hand-pounded bark from the Amazon region of Iquitos, Peru. Paper size is 51.5 x 34.5 inches.
    Common Ground

    Common Ground

    2021

    Natural dyes w/ earth oxide on Yanchama

    43 X 39 inches Framed

    Inventory ID: # 16644

    Full Medium Description: Natural dyes (including walnut, iron oxide, and cochineal) with earth oxide on Yanchama (Hand-pounded bark from the Amazon region of Iquitos, Peru)
    Great Old New Schism

    Great Old New Schism

    2021

    Natural dyes w/ earth oxide on Yanchama

    46 X 30 inches Framed

    Inventory ID: # 16646

    Full Medium Description: Natural dyes (including cochineal and saffron) with earth oxide on Yanchama (Hand-pounded bark from the Amazon region of Iquitos, Peru). Paper size; 39.5 x 23.5 inches