MUSIC AMONGST THE REEDS, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches
MUSIC AMONGST THE REEDS, oil on canvas, 30 x 30 inches
UNRAVELING SECRETS II, oil on canvas, 58 x 44 inches
UNRAVELING SECRETS II, oil on canvas, 58 x 44 inches
AFTER GLOW, oil on canvas, 60 x 52 inches
AFTER GLOW, oil on canvas, 60 x 52 inches
INDIAN SUMMER MEMORIES, oil on canvas, 36 x 72 inches
INDIAN SUMMER MEMORIES, oil on canvas, 36 x 72 inches
TALL TALES, oil on canvas, 64 x 30 inches
TALL TALES, oil on canvas, 64 x 30 inches
REMEMBERING A TIME BY THE RIVER, oil on canvas, 52 x 52 inches
REMEMBERING A TIME BY THE RIVER, oil on canvas, 52 x 52 inches
FALLING GENTLY, oil pastel and oil paint on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
FALLING GENTLY, oil pastel and oil paint on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
AS THE DANDELIONS FLY, oil pastel and oil paint on canvas, 30 x 60 inches
AS THE DANDELIONS FLY, oil pastel and oil paint on canvas, 30 x 60 inches
SWEET SUMMER NIGHTS, oil pastel and oil paint on canvas, 42 x 60 inches
SWEET SUMMER NIGHTS, oil pastel and oil paint on canvas, 42 x 60 inches
WEAVING THE TRELLIS, oil pastel and oil paint on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
WEAVING THE TRELLIS, oil pastel and oil paint on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
RIDDLES AND JEWELS, oil on canvas, 30 x 80 IN triptych 2019
RIDDLES AND JEWELS, oil on canvas, 30 x 80 IN triptych 2019
HIDDEN JEWELS, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
HIDDEN JEWELS, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
WHIRLINGS, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
WHIRLINGS, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
STEPPING STONES, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
STEPPING STONES, oil on canvas, 30 x 24 inches
SPRING'S AWAKENING, 60 x 54 inches
SPRING'S AWAKENING, 60 x 54 inches
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
OXBOW, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
OXBOW, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 inches
NIGHT OF THE SWALLOW TAILS, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches
NIGHT OF THE SWALLOW TAILS, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches
FLOATING, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches
FLOATING, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches
CAHOKIA WHISPERS, oil on canvas, 50 x 54 inches
CAHOKIA WHISPERS, oil on canvas, 50 x 54 inches
GATHERING TRINKETS, oil on canvas, 50 x 44 inches
GATHERING TRINKETS, oil on canvas, 50 x 44 inches
BOOGIE ON THE 635, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
BOOGIE ON THE 635, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 inches
INTERSECTIONS V, oil on canvas, 40 x 56 IN, 2019
INTERSECTIONS V, oil on canvas, 40 x 56 IN, 2019
INTERSECTIONS VI, oil on canvas, 40 x 56 IN, 2019
INTERSECTIONS VI, oil on canvas, 40 x 56 IN, 2019
SPEAKING IN RIDDLES, oil on canvas, 44 x 58 IN, 2019
SPEAKING IN RIDDLES, oil on canvas, 44 x 58 IN, 2019
TRANSITORY MARKS 13
TRANSITORY MARKS 13
TRANSITORY MARKS 10
TRANSITORY MARKS 10
DARTING MOVEMENTS, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 IN
DARTING MOVEMENTS, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 IN
ARABESQUE, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 IN
ARABESQUE, oil on canvas, 36 x 48 IN
SWISH IT JUST A LITTLE, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in
SWISH IT JUST A LITTLE, oil on canvas, 48 x 48 in
CITY SPEAKS 7, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 IN
CITY SPEAKS 7, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 IN
CITY SPEAKS 5, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 IN
CITY SPEAKS 5, oil on canvas, 36 x 36 IN
Sherry Giryotas is informed and influenced by her memories of living on various continents and the observations derived from immersion within diverse cultures. The contrast of chaos with order provides the structure of her work. Color, pattern, and mark-making dominate the canvas, shifting through and over angles and shapes. These elements layer in the composition, from vague and elusive to blatant and bold, creating a visually complex interplay. Ms. Giryotas’ works are not specific to a location or moment; they amalgamate past and present relationships in a global landscape, revealing gestures melding into a dynamic tapestry of images.
Sherry Giryotas’ paintings are abstracted landscapes of her mind that reflect observations from her yearly travels between Texas and Michigan. Sherry explains, “In the abstracted internalized landscapes of my work, each painting helps record the experience or sense of place and traces my passage through it. My observations of a constantly changing environment are referenced in the forms and nuances of light, balancing disorder with order through the complexity of pattern and mark-making, drawing and manipulating paint on the surface of the works that make up the structure in my canvases. In the act of painting, the surface of the canvas becomes a constant progression of making marks and then painting over them. Varying thicknesses of paint and the varying size of brush strokes contribute to the textured surface.
I am aware of my physicality within time, seeing, and memory. My hand becomes one with the mind, and images are automatically written by manipulating paint onto the canvas. My finished works amalgamate memories of shifting landscapes and urban mixed up with rural, a physical balance between harmony and chaos, melding into a complex tapestry of images. My paintings are not specific to a place or time but are visceral responses to my immediate and memorized environments.”
Sherry Giryotas has exhibited nationally and internationally in both solo and group shows at venues such as the Georgian Art Museum (Tbilisi, The Republic of Georgia), South Bend Museum of Art (South Bend, IN), Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee, WI), Artemisia and ARC Galleries (Chicago, IL) among others. Awarded several Artist-in-Residence and Fellowships, including those at Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, and MacDowell Colony, Petersburgh, NH, she has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as individual Artist Fellowship grants from the Illinois Arts Council and Michigan’s MCCA. Ms. Giryotas’ works are in the South Bend Museum of Art collections, the Illinois State Museum, the International Sculpture Symposium, Rustavi, The Republic of Georgia, The Illinois Collection, the State of Illinois Center, Chicago, IL, and many others.
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