Artist Statement:
"I believe in art that inspires the spirit while engaging the mind." Gail Sauter
I’m intrigued with visual memories — not the depiction of what I’m looking at, but the after image that remains in my mind’s eye. It can be someone that reminds me of someone else, or someone doing something I’ve seen done before. It can be everyday scenes or water reflections — anything that taps into a universal experience. I find magic in these moments, in their transition from what we see into what we remember, and the way they linger, dwelling within us.
Most of my paintings are begun on location, but my “sketching” is done by looking at my subject. This can take as long as 45 minutes of intense observation before I begin to paint. I feel that this is the most crucial time of the whole painting process. The longer I look before picking up my brush, the more distilled the idea becomes. These small field pieces serve as a springboard for the larger works that are created in the studio, which, oftentimes, bear only a slight resemblance to the original “seed” idea.
Interview by Maine Art Scene Magazine (Click Here)
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Solo/Invitational Exhibitions:
Copley Society, Boston, "Moments in Time"
Art du Pastel en France, Giverny, France
Le Centre Culturel Les Vikings, Yvetot, France “Salon International du Pastel”
Ministry of Art and Culture, St. Petersburg, Russia “Europastel”
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio “Pastels Only”
UNESCO, Council of Europe, Italy (6 cities) “Pastellisti Contemporanei”
American Museum, Giverny, France “Art du Pastel en Normandie”
Parrish Gallery, Westford, Massachusetts “Color and Light of the Languedoc”
Haley Gallery, Kittery, Maine “Gail Sauter: New Work”
Barn Gallery, Ogunquit, Maine “Summer Exhibition”
Shapiro Gallery, New Hampshire College “Visions from Poetry”
New Hampshire Statewide Traveling Exhibition “Nature New Hampshire”
Gallery 205, Concord, New Hampshire “Ranges of the Spectrum
Visual Arts Coalition NH Statewide Exhibition “The Artist and the Environment”
Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island “The Subject is Water”
Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey “Pastels”
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey “Pastels”
Hermitage Foundation Museum, Norfolk, Virginia “Pastels’
Reade Gallery, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England “Solo Exhibition”
Haste Gallery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England “Painters of Promise”
Fellowships
Artist in Residency, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Isle, Maine
I Park Art Center, Haddam, Connecticut
Atlin Art Center, Atlin, British Columbia
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, Virginia
Vermont Studio Colony, Johnson, Vermont
Education:
University of Oklahoma, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting
Professional Affiliations:
Master Status - Pastel Society of America (P.S.A.), New York, New York
Copley Artist Status- Copley Society, Boston, Massachusetts
Publications:
L’Art du Pastel/The Art of Pastel APF 2006, ISBN: 2-9520830-4-5
Chautauqua Literary Journal,Issue 3, 2006, Issue 2, 2005, ISSN: 1549-7917
Who’s Who in American Art, Marquis Publishers, ISBN: 0837963028
Pastelagram, Pastel Society of America, Vol. 30, No.2, 2003
Pastelagram, Pastel Society of America, Volume 31 No. 1 2003
The Best of Pastel 2, Rockport Publishers, 1998, ISBN: 1564964485
Chelsea Magazine,Volume 63, 1997 front cover “Heraclitus” ISSN: 0009-2185
Sudden Harbor, R. Foerster, front cover, 1992 ISBN: 0-914061-28-3