Gail Bach, submitted artwork
Gail Bach
Painting
Brooklyn, New York
Gail was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin. Bach has had one person shows at the following venues: Cite International des Arts, Rue de L'Hotel de Ville, (Paris, France), A&P Gallery (NYC), White Columns (NYC), NIH (National Institute for Health), Bethesda, Maryland, Anderson Gallery (Richmond, Virginia) Kurtz Cultural Center (Winchester, Virginia), Marsh Gallery-University of Richmond (Richmond, Virginia) and Richmond Artist's Workshop (Richmond, Virginia). She participated in numerous group shows: Art in General (NYC), Anton Gallery (Washington, DC), Artists' Space (NYC), Brixton Gallery (London, England), PS-1 Clocktower (NYC), Fullerton Art Museum (San Bernadino, CA), Fine Arts Museum of Long Island (Hempstead, NY), Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), Macy Gallery (Columbia University), National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington, DC), Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Richmond, VA) and Yale University (New Haven, CT). Gail received a Yaddo Fellowship in 1991, a Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Fellowship in 1997 & 1993 and Kalani Honua Fellowship in 1994. Bach taught at Virginia Commonwealth University and has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Studio-In-A-School Association in NYC. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting/Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1982. Bach attended the Whitney Independent Study Program in Studio Art during the 1988-1989 sessions. She was the Director of Envirosite during 1995-97.
Works
Gail Bach, submitted artwork
My new work is about my meditations on Leaf Bathing. Leaf Bathing-it is a derivative concept that I have declared per the Japanese practice of "Forest Bathing". For those of us not able to transport ourselves to a forest, we can incorporate leaves amoung ourselves. My work is about the practice of deep engagement with nature - breathing with nature-inhaling and exhaling the energy of the plant life and the immersion of yourself in my images with the thoughts and emotions that arise in the process. I create paintings that are my breathing with leaves that allow the viewer to experience these sensations consciously and unconsciously on multiple levels. I trust these works will offer a deeper and more meaningful connection between humanity and nature. I use watercolors, metallics and sometimes acrylics painting on wood panels or paper.
