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"Rust and Silver" copyright 2007
36" x 28", acrylic, ink on canvas
available and on exhibition at the
Open Juried Exhibition at the Lancaster Musem of Art, Lancaster, PA



The Lancaster Museum of Art's Annual Open Juried Show is in place at the Museum. Join artists for the opening reception on June 6 from 5 to 8 pm. For information, gallery hours and directions, visit the LMA website: Lancaster Museum of Art




"The Day After" copyright 2007
48" x 36", acrylic, ink on canvas
collection of Nancy and Jerry Rescigno
Marriottsville, Maryland




I 'm preparing for the Long's Park Art Festival, which will occur on Labor Day Weekend. Stop back for updates and information, dates and times for this wonderul show.




"The Acolyte" copyright 2007
60" x 48", acrylic on canvas
collection of Adrian Hennessey, Syracuse, New York




"Monastery" copyright 2005
60" x 96", acrylic on canvas
available





"Rising-Receding" copyright 2007
45" x 48", acrylic on canvas
available




"Testimony of Eve" copyright 2006
37" x 37", acrylic, ink on paper
available




"Won't Stop"copyright 2007
32" x 23", acrylic, ink, encaustic. available




"Influence" copyright 2007
24" x 38" (framed), acrylic on mylar mounted on board
available




"Journey" copyright 2005
24" x 60", acrylic, mica on canvas
collection of Bruce and Janice Goldstein, Philadelphia, PA


A solo exhibition of small ink drawings and paintings, "In Search of Harmony", was reviewed by Carla diFonzo from the Intelligencer Journal. Read her articlehere:




"Toward Evening" copyright 2007
26" x 38", acrylic on paper
collection of Elena Casaccio and Rob Kostur, Philadelphia, PA




"Lost in Translation" copyright 2006
37" x 37", acrylic on mylar
collection of Rod Firestone, Harrisburg PA




"Blood of My Blood" copyright 2006
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas
available




"Mediator" copyright 2006
16.5" x 26", acrylic on paper
collection of George and Jan Broske, Newark, Delaware




"Rest" copyright 2005
5 feet by 4 feet, acrylic on canvas
collection of Kathy and David Bowles, Fort Washington, PA


The Lancaster Arts Hotel has opened in Lancaster City (300 Harrisburg Avenue). This luxury boutique hotel, with beautiful lobby, is a museum you can sleep in! The Arts Hotel features artwork, sculpture, and a fine art gallery and a world class restaurant with the freshest local produce and meats. There are 63 guest rooms and suites, two meeting rooms, wireless and wired internet access, a free business center, fitness center, laundry services, whirlpools in suites, etc. There is also free parking. I am very pleased to have a suite (Room Number 503) with my original artwork installed and available for sale, as well as a self-portrait in the portrait gallery. For reservations call: 717.299.3000 (toll free: 866.720.2787). You may also visit the website at: www.lancasterartshotel.com . Currently, the works on display in the Giblin Suite 503 are: "Love - No Barrier", "Wisdom - good, beautiful and true", "Tormentosa" and "Fetish".






"Love - No Barrier" (what barrier is there that love cannot break? M. Gandhi copyright 2005
50" x 72", acrylic on canvas
available at The Arts Hotel (suite 503), Lancaster, PA




"Tormentosa" copyright 2006
24" x 36", acrylic on paper
available at The Arts Hotel (suite 503), Lancaster, PA




"The Lost Year" copyright 2007
59" x 39", acrylic on canvas
available




"Protectorate" copyright 2007
40" x 30", acrylic on canvas
collection of Janice and Bruce Goldstein, Plymouth Meeting, Pa




"Charting the Harbor" copyright 2006
18" x 24", acrylic, pigment, ink and encaustic on paper
collection of Steve and Kathy Borkgren, Lancaster, Pa


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"Illuminated Text", 2006, 12" x 12" acrylic on canvas
collection of Heather Heilman-Loercher and Scott Loercher, Wrightsville, Pa


"Leaving the Imperfect World", copyright 2005, acrylic on canvas,


"Record of Time Passing" copyright 2007
40" x 60", acrylic on canvas
collection of Dr. and Mrs. Steve Morgan, Lancaster, Pa




"Martyrdom of St. Joan" copyright 2005
36" x 25", acrylic on canvas
collection of James Albrecht and Alena Villani, Philadelphia, Pa




"Sphinx" copyright 2005
6 feet by 7 feet, acrylic on canvas
collection of Kathy and David Bowles, Fort Washington, Pa




"Peace" copyright 2005
acrylic on mylar, part of a series of four paintings
painted for ArtPoint Black invitational exhibition, Florence, Italy in 2005
collection of John Ground, Lancaster, PA


I am pleased, for the fourth year, to be a participant in 2008 Invitational Fusion Calendar Exhibition, hosted by Fumihiko Enokido Fusion Art Institute, Japan. Exhibition of calendars will begin in April, 2008 at Gazi University Fine Arts Facility, Turkey and will travel to other countries to be announced.For information about the exhibition, please see the article here. You may also visit the website at: this link






"Back to the Garden" copyright 2005
5 feet by 8 feet, acrylic on canvas
available




"Visitation" copyright 2005
40" x 30", acrylic on canvas
collection of Elena Casacio and Robert John Kostur, Glenside, PA




"We said Goodbye on a Corner in Once (Jorge Luis Borges)" copyright 2005
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas
collection of Mike and Vicki McCarty, Lancaster, PA



"Road to the Ashram - Big Indian, NY" copyright 2005
50" x 51", acrylic on canvas
collection of Robert and Michelle Campbell, Lancaster, PA




"Adrift" copyright 2005
40" x 30", acrylic on canvas
collection of Dr. Barbara Lewin, Philadelphia, Pa




"Looking Across the Healing Field" copyright 2005
38" x 39", acrylic on canvas
collection of Scott and Leigh Fitzpatrick, Philadelphia, PA




"Second Chamber" copyright 2005
5.2 feet by 7.5 feet, acrylic on canvas
available




"Siddhartha - The Birth of Blue" copyright 2004
diptych, 8 feet by 5 feet (total), acrylic on canvas
available




"The Burning Sea" copyright 2005
18" x 18", acrylic on canvas
collection of Mark Anderson, Chestnut Hill, PA




"Big Orange" copyright 2004
acrylic on canvas, 48" x 60"
available




"Understanding Blue" copyright 2004
44" x 44", acrylic on canvas
collection of Steve Funk and Adrian Hennessy, Lancaster, PA




"A House Divided" copyright 2004
18" x 18", acrylic on canvas
collection of Heather Heilman and Scott Loercher, Wrightsville, Pa




"Portrait of Po" copyright 2003
38" x 36", acrylic on canvas
collection of George and Jan Broske, Newark, DE




"Interpreting the Dream" copyright 2005
48" x 72", acrylic on canvas
available




"At the Edge copyright 2004
42" x 18", acrylic on acrylic sheet
collection of Jan and George Broske, Wilmington, Delaware




"Structure of Sequence" copyright 2005
42" x 63", acrylic on canvas
collection of Dr. and Mrs. Steve Morgan, Lancaster, Pa




"Looking Outward" copyright 2003
31" x 40", acrylic on canvas
collection of Amy Heavey, Ossining, New York




"Asia" copyright 2004
30" x 30", acrylic on canvas - Collection of Drake Nicholas, Esq., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania




"Waking on the Third Day" copyright 2004
38" x 42", acrylic on canvas
collection of Michael and Victoria Marino-Sousa, Melville, New York




"St. Marks Square, Venice" copyright 2004
30" x 36", acrylic on canvas
collection of Lilia Heisley, Harrisburg, PA




"The Day of Patti's Passing" (detail) copyright 2003
26" x 38", acrylic on canvas, collection of JoAnn Mitchell, Harrisburg, Pa




"Sentinels" copyright 2002
39" x 27", acrylic on acrylic sheet
First Prize - 2003 Lancaster County Art Association Members' Exhibition
in a private collection




"Many Voiced Echoes in the Mist" copyright 2003
28" x 39", acrylic on acrylic sheet
in a private collection




"Solstice" copyright 2003
collection of Claudette and Keith Archambault, Fairfax, Virginia




"Eve of Light", ©2003, acrylic on board, 50" x 50" collection of Dr. Robert and Tracey Meloni, Harrisburg, Pa




"Pilgrim Soul II" copyright 2003
40" x 36", acrylic on canvas
collection of Lesa Gerard, Philadelphia, PA




"Without a Kiss" copyright 2003
37" x 41", acrylic on canvas
collection of Laura Blair, Elkins Park, PA




"Yin Yang" copyright 2002
27" x 39", acrylic on acrylic sheet
collection of Rodger and Carol Faill, Harrisburg, PA


REMINDER NOTICE Weekly life drawing studios take place every Tuesday evening, 7 pm to 9 pm, in the second floor drawing studio of the Herman Arts Building on Buchanan Avenue in Lancaster. The building is on the campus of Franklin & Marshall college and is situated next to the North Museum. Cost for two hours is $5.00, $2.00 for students and free for F & M students. Please e-mail Tyko at: tyko.kihlstedt@fandm.edu for information.




"Ses Memoires (la bella sera)", ©2002, acrylic on canvas. 32" x 42".
collection of Angie and Daniel Roeder, Vienna, VA





"Essence"
(created for the Women's Center 10th Anniversary Celebration, March 28, 2003)
copyright 2003, 42" x 18", acrylic and collage on plywood
Collection of the Women's Center, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA




"This Poem" copyright 2002
24" x 14", acrylic on paper - Collection of Barbara Verrier, Lancaster, Pennsylvania



Grumbacher Gold Medallion - 2002

"Labyrinthine Soul", ©2002, acrylic on paper.
24" x 14", collection of Mr. and Mrs. Art Pavlatos, Lancaster, Pa





"Passage to the New World", ©2002, acrylic on acrylic 37" x 29".
collection of Robin Walsh Wise, Lancaster, Pa




"Mystique", ©2001, acrylic on paper
collection of Jason Adams, Harrisburg, PA





"Shrine of the Sea Turtle", ©2001, acrylic on canvas. 24" x 36".
private collection of Drake Nicholas, Esq., Harrisburg, PA




"Walking Down West 4th Street", ©2001
newly available: contact: Don Foy, 610.591.3634





"In Search of Avalon", ©2002, acrylic on paper 26" x 38".
collection of Dr. and Mrs. Steven Morgan, Chicago, Illinois






"Distant Hills", ©2001, acrylic on canvas, 38" x 36" collection of Jason Adams, Harrisburg, PA





"Shattered Sky", ©2001, acrylic on canvas. 49" x 32".
collection of George and Jan Broske, Newark, Delaware






"(Creeping) In the Garden at Night", ©2001, acrylic on canvas
Created for the Yellow Wallpaper project, July, 2001collection of Marianne Milianta and Robert Creason, Harrisburg, PA





"Yellow Wallpaper", ©2001, acrylic on paper
collection of Julie Brodie and Michael Huffnagle, Gambier, Ohio
created for the production "The Yellow Wallpaper", July, 2001






"Field of Green", ©2000,
acrylic on paper
collection of Dr. and Mrs. Steve Morgan, Chicago, Illinois





I will continue to update this page with new images and exhibit information. In the meanwhile, please keep in touch and return occasionally to see what might be new for you. As always, I will be happy to show you new work by e-mail or on this page, if you are interested. Please let me have your comments. Thank you, again for your interest and for visiting.


"Her Voice (I Hear Her Voice in the Gentle Breeze of a Summer's Eve)", ©1999,
acrylic, oil, pastel, watercolor on paper.
(Collection of Mary Tamaki, Los Angeles, California)





Original paintings available for sale and consignment to galleries and to the public. All work is protected by copyright. No duplicates or prints have been made by the artist nor are there any available.




"Out of Chaos", ©2000,
acrylic, oil, watercolor on paper.




Claire Giblin was born in New York City. As a child, she was tutored in studio techniques by her uncle, Western artist and historian, Vincent Mercaldo, and began creating artwork at a very young age.




I grew up in the inner city where life was never easy. I had an alcoholic father who left our home when I was five years old. He lived on the subways and streets and eventually died in New York City's Bowery section. At a very young age I began to draw. Creative expression was the means by which I was able to survive severe depression as a child and, later, as an adult, I was able to endure many hardships because of the transportation of life to art which I practiced. I created out of frustration and fear and pain and the desire to escape what was too overwhelming to understand. However, I always believed I could transcend those subjective motivations to create art that is an expression of beauty and peace.

The power of art substantiates its value in society. The slightest suggestive response gleaned from a painting can trigger narratives of historical and contemporary events or generate feelings of pure visual excitement, social consciousness, movement and ecstasy. This points to the purpose of art -- its power to influence an individual, or entire civilizations. Unspoken communication is a key to enlightenment and peace, and this is the thrust of my commitment as an artist.






"Daybreak", ©1999, acrylic on paper

(Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Barrett, Bethesda, Maryland





"Onset of Winter", ©1999
acrylic and watercolor on paper
Collection of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bowman, West Chester, Pennsylvania




"Best in PA" - 2005 yearbook of Pennsylvania's Best Artists - Honorable Mention
Business 2 Business Magazine's 2005 "Hottest Artists" - Top 10 Mixed Media artists
Best of Show - Grand Prize -
Hanover Art Fest '96, Ashland, Virginia - "Reflections-Morning"; judges: Shelly B. Sheperd, Hand Workshop Art Center; Mary Holland, VA Museum of Fine Arts.
National Award Winner - Grand Prize - "Art Contest of the Month", NAOFA (National Appreciation of Fine Artists), November, 2000, "Field of Green", Cover for Month of November
First Prize - Lancaster County Art Association 2003 Spring Membership Show
Grumbacher Gold Medallion Award, 2002
Award in Memory of Elaine Alber, Philadelphia Tri-State Artists Equity, 2007
Pearl Paint Award, Philadelphia Tri-State Artists Equity 2008 "In Search of Ourselves", Moe Brooker, Juror
Judges' Choice Award, 28th Annual Mt. Gretna Outdoor Art Show, Mt. Gretna, Pa, 2002
Judges' Choice Award, 29th Annual Mt. Gretna Outdoor Art Show, Mt. Gretna, Pa, 2003
Second Place, 34th Annual Lititz Outdoor Art Show, 2000
Second Place, 29th Annual Juried Exhibition, York Art Association, York, PA, 1999
Second Place, 31st Annual Lititz Outdoor Art Show, 1997
Silver Award: Open Competition and Exhibition, Federal Reserve Bank, Philadelphia, PA - May 12-June 17, 1997
Third Place, September 2001, 2nd annual Landis Woods Invitational Outdoor Art Show, Neffsville, Pennsylvania
Third Place, "Unbound (Prometheus)", September, 2001, 13th Annual Festival of the Arts, Lansdale, Pennsylvania
Third Place, 1st Annual Landis Woods Outdoor Art Show, 2000
Honorable Mention, 15th Annual Fall for the Arts Festival, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Honorable Mention, 17th Annual Fall for the Arts Festival, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA
Judge's Award, 2nd Annual Outdoor Art Show, LCAA, 1999, Dr. Leo Mazow
Judges' Award, 32nd Annual Lititz Outdoor Art Show, 1998
Honorable Mention, 1997 "Crabbie Awards", Art Calendar Magazine
Honorable Mention, 3rd National Juried Art Exhibition, Highland Cultural Center, Highland, New York, 1996; juror: Deborah Goldberg, Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC.
Invitation - 7th Annual Pocono Manor Fine Art Show, 1996; judges: Ward Jackson, R. Guggenheim Museum, NYC; Fred Brenner; Frances Kelly; Daly Flanagan, MOCA, Los Angeles.

Solo Invitational Exhibition -Temple Beth Or Gallery, Spring House, PA, 1998








"Reflecting Pool in Autumn", 1999, acrylic and oil on canvas.
(Collection of Steve and Andrea Morgan, Chicago, Illinois)








2008:

.January - March "The Way of Peace", solo exhibition at Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
.January - February, five person show, Gallery 705, Stroudsburg, PA
.January - February, three person show at JMS Gallery, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa
.January - May - "Celebrate Doshi" group invitational, Susquehanna Art Museum
Harrisburg, PA
.January-February, "Funk Audit", group show, Doshi Gallery, Susquehanna Art Museum
Harrisburg, PA
.March-April, "In Search of Ourselves", juried member show, Philadelphia Tri State Artists Equity
.May-June, "Bones, Body and Beyond", juried show, Doshi member show, Whitaker Center, Harrisburg, PA
.June - July, Annual Open Juried Exhibition, Lancaster Museum of Art, lancaster, PA
.August 29-September 2 - Long's Park Fine Art Show, Lancaster, PA
.October - "Spirituality", invitational exhibition, The Gallery At Grace, Wilmington, DE


2007:
.Until February 6 - "Where I End and You Begin" group exhibition at DOSHI Gallery
Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, PA
.January 5 - February 8 - "Figuratively Speaking", group exhibition, Art Association
of Harrisburg, Harrisburg, PA
.February 16 - March 5 - Artists Equity 58th Anniversary Juried Members Exhibition
.March 6 - 28 - "the Art of Jazz", Frank Scott Memorial Art Show, Goggle Works, Reading, PA .April 1 - 21 - "Women's Expressions", exhibition and auction to benefit Women's and Babies'
Hospital, Lancaster, Pa
.May 12 - June 6, Four Person Exhibition, JMS Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
.June 2 - July 29 - 45th Annual Open Art Award Exhibit, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA
.August 1 - 31 - solo show, the gallery at Arts Hotel, Lancaster, Pa
.September 1-4, 29th Annual Long's Park Art Show, Lancaster, PA
.October 13-November 3, four person exhibition, China Gallery, NYC
.October 19-25 - Celebration of Philadelphia Artists, Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, Pa
.November 19-30 - 54th annual NSPCA, Salmagundi Club, NYC
.October - December - "Trees Galore" exhibition and sale to benefit Lancaster Museum of Art
.October - December, members exhibition, Doshi Gallery at the Susquehanna Art Museum,
Harrisburg, PA
.November-December - Fall 2007 Members' exhibition, Philadelphia Tri-State Artists Equity,
David Flinker Pavilion Art Gallery, Mt. Holly, New Jersey
.November 29-December 21 - SOHO20 Chelsea, Small works show, NYC .December - "Bodies of Art IV", Mulberry Art Studios, Lancaster, PA




Exhibition Information - Former Years ]





"The Argument of MARS and the aftermath" copyright 2006
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas
created at "Portraits" collaborative event, March 18, 2006
collection of Mr. Stephen Patterson, Lancaster, Pa




Claire contributes at least 10% of all income from the sale of her artwork to charities which support the homeless, including:



  • Water Street Rescue Mission
  • Bowery Mission Society







"Fire Island", 1998, acrylic on canvas paper
Collection of Hon Eng, Flushing, NY






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Claire Giblin




Changes last made on: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 11:13 pm