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"La Neige et L'hiver" copyright 2009
36" x 42", acrylic, ink, pigment, encaustic on canvas
available
"Bridge Across the Ashokan - Late Summer" copyright 2009
54" x 24", acrylic on canvas
available
"La Neige et L'hiver (The Snow and Winter)", a solo exhibition of my paintings opened at the DOSHI Gallery in the Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 4. The exhibition runs until July 5, 2009. Museum hours are Tues. Wed. Fri. and Sat. 10am - 4 pm; Thurs. 4-8 pm, Sunday 1-4 pm. First Fridays til 8 pm. For information about the gallery, directions, etc, please visit the Susquehanna Art Museum's website
Two line drawings were selected to be shown in a juried exhibition of Doshi Members' works, "Make Your Mark", at the Whitaker Center, Harrisburg, from May 8 through July 3, 2009. The exhibition is featured in conjunction with the Susquehanna Art Museum's main gallery exhibition, "Ancient Marks: The Sacred Origins of Tattoos and Body Marking". There is an opening reception on Tuesday, May 12 from 5 to 7 pm at the Whitaker Center.
I'm very happy to have an artist's book included in the James Castle exhibition of Artists' Books at the Perelman Library of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
"Rust and Silver" copyright 2007
36" x 28", acrylic, ink on canvas
available at The Art Association of Harrisburg
I'm very honored to have "Rust and Silver" included in the Art Association of Harrisburg's 81st Annual International Juried Exhibition. Opening Reception at the Association (21 North Front Street) will be Saturday, May 16, 6 to 8 pm, featuring music by Stringtown Skyscrapers. The show runs from May 15 through June 18.
"Influence" copyright 2007
24" x 38" (framed), acrylic on mylar mounted on board
available at Lancaster Arts Hotel Gallery,
Pennsylvania Artists Trail artists
I am a member of the Trail Artists of the Susquehanna Valley and the Pennsylvania Arts Experience Artist's Trail. A group exhibition of work by Trail artists will be on exhibition at The Gallery at the Lancaster Arts Hotel in April through May of 2009. There are First and Third Friday receptions in the gallery. The Trail Artists are also featured in an exhibition at the gallery space at Shank's Mare, which is a lovely complex of buildings along the West Shore of the Susquehanna River. The complex contains a river outfitting shop, gift shop, banquet and meeting facilities and an ice cream shop, with a spectacular view of the Might Susquehanna and marinas. For more information, visit their website
"Violet" copyright 2008
60" x 48", acrylic, ink on canvas
available
"The Lost Year" copyright 2007
59" x 39", acrylic on canvas
available at the Hamilton Club, Lancaster, PA
The Lost Year is the featured painting (and I am Artist of the Month for April, 2009) this month at The Hamilton Club in Lancaster, PA. The Club was founded in 1889 by 31 citizens of Lancaster in honor of James Hamilton, who planned and founded the City of Lancaster in 1720. Please visit the Hamilton Club website for information, hours, directions, etc. The painting will remain in place at The Hamilton Club until February of 2010 when it will be auctioned. Check back for more details.
"Evidence of Occupation" copyright 2009
20"H x 7" W x 4" deep
found wood, recycled paint and findingsavailable at Lancaster County Art Association
"Evidence of Occupation" was selected for exhibition by juror, Bruce Samuelson, to be included in Lancaster County Art Association's National Juried Exhibition which opens Sunday, June 14 from 1 to 5 pm. Exhibition continues through July 23. The Association is in Strasburg, Pa. Visit their for directions, informationm gallery hours, etc.
Look for information about a solo show at the Main Line Unitarian Church in Devon Pa during the month of October, 2009 and an evening as the guest artist in a series, "Artful Dining", benefiting the Lancaster Museum of Art. More information will follow.
Street Siren - ©2008 Claire Giblin, silver gelatin print, 20" x 24"
"Solo Road" is a series of 11 photographs (silver-gelatin prints). The photos were taken with a Holga camera and printed on fiber based paper. Taken over a two week period of time in Lancaster, New York City and back in Millersville, my home, the series explores the variations in landscape and the magic of the Holga all plastic, fixed lens, filled with light leaks, camera. This series of photographs was recently shown at Southwest Minnesota State University and will be shown at the Camp Hill, PA headquarters of Highark in January - February, 2009. Look for updates.
"Poem I - Red Pines - Snow on Cold Mountain" copyright 2007
acrylic, ink on paper
collection of Phillip Freedman
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
I am Curator of Collections at The Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. To view exhibitions, information and images of the beautiful gallery spaces, please view our website at:
The Phillips Museum of Art
"The Day After" copyright 2007
48" x 36", acrylic, ink on canvas
collection of Nancy and Jerry Rescigno
Marriottsville, Maryland
"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 at Gallery 110, Lancaster, Pa
"Testimony of Eve" copyright 2006
37" x 37", acrylic, ink on paper
available at Gallery 110, Lancaster, PA
"Won't Stop"copyright 2007
32" x 23", acrylic, ink, encaustic. available at Gallery 110, Lancaster, PA
"Journey" copyright 2005
24" x 60", acrylic, mica on canvas
collection of Bruce and Janice Goldstein, Philadelphia, PA
"Heart is Sacred" copyright 2007
ink on vellum under glassavailable
A solo exhibition of small ink drawings and paintings, "In Search of Harmony", was reviewed by Carla diFonzo from the Intelligencer Journal. Read her article here:
"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
"Wisdom - good, beautiful and true" copyright 2007
32" x 38", acrylic on canvas
available at The Arts Hotel (suite 503), Lancaster, PA
"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
"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
The Ancient Wood is the image on this year's New Year greeting. The painting was auctioned at
"Trees Galore", the annual benefit for the Lancaster Museum of Art, in Lancaster, PA. It is in a private collection
"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
For the fifth year, I will participate in the Invitational Fusion Calendar Exhibition, hosted by Fumihiko Enokido Fusion Art Institute, Japan. Exhibition of calendars will begin in April, 2009 at Hacettepe Sanat MÙzesu, Ankara.
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)
2009:
.January 15 - February 15 - Solo Exhibition of silver gelatin photographic prints
ÒSolo RoadÓ, South West Minnesota State University
.January 22 - February 28 - Works by Trail Artists of the Susquehanna Valley
York College of Pennsylvania
.February-March, James Castle Artists' Books exhibition, Perelman Library, Philadelphia
Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
.April-May, Works by Trail Artists of the Susquehanna Valley, The Lancaster Arts Hotel, Lancaster, PA
.April-May, Artist of the Month, The Hamilton Club, Lancaster, PA
.April - September, Invitational Fusion Calendar Exhibition, hosted by Fumihiko Enokido
Fusion Art Institute, Japan. Exhibition of calendars will begin in April, 2009 at Hacettepe Sanat MÙzesu, Ankara, Turkey.
.May-June - "Make Your Mark" juried Doshi member exhibition, Whitaker Center
for Science and the Arts, Harrisburg, PA
.May-June - Women's Expressions exhibition and sale to benefit Womens and Babies Hospital of Lancaster, PA
.June/July - Solo Exhibition at the DOSHI Gallery of the Susquehanna Art Museum,
Harrisburg, PA
.June-July - Lancaster County Art Association National Juried Exhibition, Strasburg, PA
.May - June, 81st Annual International Juried Exhibition, The Art Association of Harrisburg, PA
.October 2009 - "Spirituality", invitational exhibition, The Gallery At Grace, Wilmington, DE
.October-November 2009 - Solo Exhibition, Main Line Unitarian Church, Devon, PA
.October 31 - Guest Artist - "Artful Dining" - Lancaster Museum of Art
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
.November-December - "Trees Galore" annual exhibition and auction to benefit the Lancaster Museum of Art
EXHIBITION INFORMATION FROM 2002 to 2007
"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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