Jackson Pollock was a pioneer of the Dripping technique, an artistic method that gained fame between 1940 and 1950. This particular technique involved letting paint drip directly onto the canvas, guided by impulse and gestural freedom, without precise control. Pollock’s creations were certainly energetic and fluid, where the movement of the gesture became an integral part of the work itself.
While Gayle Printz’s works are not exclusively tied to the Dripping technique, I believe she revolutionized this 20th-century technique, creating an extremely new form where predominant gestural freedom is evident, expressed through the artist’s emotions, impulses, and energy. The bodily movement and brilliant use of color in Gayle Printz’s works allow the artist to express intense emotions, breaking away from traditional styles and techniques. Gayle Printz introduces a new way of making art, an innovative concept of contemporary art.
Dripping and emotion create a particularly strong union. Gayle Printz’s artistic language goes beyond the visual surface, becoming a complete way of communicating.
Her bright and skillfully combined colors create narratives: Gayle Printz transports us into her world, her imagination, her way of seeing, offering us an intense sensory and visual experience, unlike any seen before.
Through her pictorial compositions, Gayle provides windows to explore and understand the deepest parts of the soul and existence, also offering moments of lightness and freedom. The artist manages to touch our hearts and souls directly.
Each of her canvases is dedicated to a theme, and together they form a new and parallel universe. The subjects come to life through abstraction, with soft color washes predominantly following curvilinear paths. The backgrounds of her canvases become a fundamental part of the entire architectural structure of the work.
From a technical standpoint, Gayle Printz’s canvases are two-dimensional. Color emerges from the flat surface, almost like contemporary chromatic bas-reliefs. It is not easy to preserve such dense acrylic on canvas without damaging it, but Gayle Printz, a knowledgeable experimenter, has found a way to create durable works of art, true “elixirs of longevity,” synonymous with skill and bravery.
Gayle Printz is now known as a “World Master Artist,” appreciated by professionals, enthusiasts, and collectors worldwide.
CRITICS
Gayle’s works have had a strong positive impact on critics and collectors. Her natural talent was already present but was discovered by an art professional in 2020. At that moment, Gayle realized that the path of art was likely the right one for her, feeling the need to unleash the artistic spirit pulsing within her.
Her creations reflect an innate sensitivity and deep connection to emotional expression through color and form. Gayle Printz has turned this discovery into a journey of artistic exploration and growth, using gestural freedom to convey intense emotions and a sense of freedom in her works.
The positive reception of her works by critics and collectors has confirmed her talent and further motivated Gayle to pursue her passion. Her distinctive style and skillful use of color have made her works sought-after treasures in the contemporary art collector community worldwide.
This recognition has established Gayle Printz as one of the most promising emerging artists in the contemporary art scene, offering a new and captivating visual language that continues to inspire and move the audience.
RE: JAZZ
My eyes shine when I see these works of yours that I attach: the bright, full colors, the shades of purple and blue remind me of summer, the beauty of what shines under the sun, the lightness. They are colors that evoke lightheartedness but at the same time elegance and refinement. l imagine fields of flowers and expanses of sea, those places where I find refuge when everything seems to be moving too fast compared to me.
— An Professional Art Review By The Curatorial Board of Contemporary Art Explore 4: Master Artists Edition, Pages 12, 14, 19, Gayle Printz: COVER ARTIST, StudioArte22, Palermo, Italy, June 2024