BIOGRAPHY

Gina Noelle Ash, a Colorado native now residing in Virginia, has been painting since childhood and held her first one-woman show at age 16. She graduated from the Colorado Institute of Art and has since exhibited in various galleries and venues throughout Colorado, Texas, Maryland, and Virginia. She conducted watercolor and mixed media workshops in Texas as a member of the Trinity Arts Guild, and is a current member of the Fairfax Arts Council, the artists' cooperative gallery ArtBeat, and a signature (artist) member of the Virginia Watercolor Society.

Her work has won numerous awards and can be found in many private collections. She regularly exhibits in ArtBeat's gallery in historic old town Manassas, Virginia.

STATEMENT

Most of my paintings are rooted in an emotional response to a piece of music or literature, so I suppose that makes me an illustrator at heart. Even when I paint ‘traditional’ subjects, like flowers or landscapes, it’s important to me that there is a an expressiveness involved that hints at something more, a story.

I am most drawn to — and influenced by — artists whose works are mysterious and evocative, such as Andrew Wyeth, Ivan Albright, René Magritte, Frida Kahlo, and Remedios Varo. There’s a story behind each of their paintings that extends beyond their initial visual allure, which is a quality I always hope to achieve with my own work. It pleases me most as an artist to produce a work that is thought-provoking, even unsettling.

CONTACT GINA

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