Gillian Wainwright is a painter currently living and working in New Jersey with representation at Lancaster Galleries in Pennsylvania. Wainwright earned her BFA at the California College of Arts and Crafts where the Bay Area Figurative School had a strong impact on her. She later studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, in particular with renowned painter Dan Gustin, and graduated with an MFA in painting. She also spent a year living and studying art in Florence and traveling all over Italy. She has taught painting at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as well as at Robert Morris College and Kingsborough College. Wainwright has had several solo shows including most recently at Lancaster Galleries and has participated in multiple group shows in the TriState area and across the States. Her work is included in several private collections.
Statement:
I am a perceptual painter working in Jersey City. This series of landscapes is painted in The Heights. I am interested in mark and rhythm in particular and not the idea of making an image or a picture. The paintings relate to my wandering attention and varying levels of interest – places I go back to and places I brush over or ignore entirely. In this way I hope they are a reflection of how we actually see and the uneven nature of our visual experience.