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Pictured Above: Artist Gary Giordano in studio. Photo Credit: Contributed.
Gary Giordano: Painting, the Journey through Physical and Metaphysical Places
By Artist Contributor, Gary Giordano
In a self-guided interview with Bucks County Painter Gary Giordano, the local artist shares his medium, narrative, and creative struggles
Why did you choose painting?
I’m not sure, but there is something in me that is attracted to thick gummy material on a surface. I
have been doing this since kindergarten when I wanted to make rubber by rubbing a black crayon over and over again on paper until the wax was so thick it appeared like rubber. I like playing in the mud texture of heavy paint.
What do you struggle with?
Being more loose and letting go. Once while working on a series of ten paintings, I arrived at a point where I stopped worrying and thinking. This allowed me to merge into the process and it just flowed. I always try to get to that. You know like the Guston thing, where he said, the third hand comes out of your body and the painting paints itself.
What are you working on now?
I’m working on a series which deal with stigma associated with addiction and mental illness. For this I have revisited using the figure in my work.
And what are you reading lately?
I’m currently reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin.
What does painting mean to you?
Painting is a journey. Sometimes this journey is deep within us and sometimes it is an external journey into physical and metaphysical places. The result becomes something to be shared with the viewer. Something a viewer can experience. We discover perspectives, feelings and emotions all wanting to be expressed. The creative practice and medium are used to share this. My journey has led me to realize that I need to be completely present when I am painting. When I am totally in the moment I am connected to the universe. This is a space where source energy speaks to me. I use gestures, high key colors, rhythm, line, and textures to express and capture this energy.
Pictured Above: All The Way, 60×50 on canvas, by Gary Giordano. Photo Credit: Contributed.
Gary Giordano is an Artist, Living in The Lehigh Valley.
Born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in Yardley of Bucks County Pennsylvania, Giordano’s early influences were impressionism, modernism, and abstraction which he was exposed to at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Barnes Museum in Philadelphia Pa. In 2009 after meeting several New York based Artist Giordano moved his studio practice to Bushwick Brooklyn from 2012-2017. Giordano emerged in the dialogue of this arts community of New York and operated a Gallery in Bushwick for Brooklyn for Painters. 2018-2024 Giordano became involved in the Arts community of The Lehigh Valley, New Hope Pennsylvania, Philadelphia and Lambertville New Jersey. Giordano’s work is held in both private collections, institutions and public space. He has participated in over fifty exhibitions and had several solo shows. As a Gallerist Giordano has represented over thirty Artist in New York City, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
For more information on Gary’s work, see the contact information below.
• Email: Gallerygarygiordano@gmail.com
• Website: Gary Giordano Artist
• Social Media: Instagram
Pictured Above: Love, by Gary Giordano, 14×11. Photo Credit: Contributed.
