In James Gortner’s paintings, his personal conflicts, moods, and dreams combine with other people’s stories and magical myths of the past and present to create new myths. Gortner‘s paintings lean into sculpture, sometimes reference photography, and involve circumstances and processes akin to performance. He usually incorporates into his paintings reclaimed wood and sustainable materials, as well as paints on layers of reclaimed artist’s paintings, adding physical texture and tension to enhance the narrative, or abstract the storytelling at play.

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Jean Wolff The ongoing theme in my art making practice involves the creation of subtle order through the use of strong patterns, grids and geometries. Working with a wide range of media on canvas, paper and wood, I create a unique visual language through an ongoing process of exploration and experimentation. The work is built on an evolving set of interrelations, rather than just a system of themes and variations. The latest series of works is a return to earlier compositions and themes, rather than moving away from the immediately preceding body of work and is an integration of the processes acquired during those investigations.

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