Ute Gil

Painting

Round Hill Arts Center - Guest
35246 Leesburg Pike,
Round Hill , VA 20141

Snickers Gap Cluster, 2025 Stop #22

Bluebird
Oil on canvas panel

Artist's Statement

My goal as an artist is to create paintings that show my love of nature and animals while capturing the emotion of my subjects. I consciously reduce details, keeping my brushstrokes loose and impressionistic, allowing the viewer a more personal interpretation of the image. Some paintings have colorful, abstract backgrounds that blend into the subject without the distraction of exact forms. Every painting is different and begs for a different approach. At times I use a disrupted-realism style where the subject of the painting gets deconstructed in areas resulting in an expressive and captivating painting. It is more important to me that a painting is compelling rather than true to reality. Much of my inspiration comes from the rural areas that I visit in Western Loudoun County as well as my travels. The paintings are created both plein air and in my studio. Oil has always been my preferred medium because of its textural qualities.