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John on the Isle of Patmos (Consequences), copyright 2020,
Acrylic,
mica, on canvas, 32"H x 54"W AVAILABLE
The method is to paint luminous color field works and those that
contain spontaneous brushwork. There is not too much planning. It develops over
time...sometimes years...sometimes days, or hours. The surfaces may
appear to be simple, but are actually the result of many complex
layers of transparent paint. The influence of artists whose work was
important to the art world in the 60s and 70s is obvious, as are the
ideas of those who found themselves in the role of the avant garde,
in every age, breaking constraints of academic tenets and risking
the expected backlash. It is from their pilgrimage that freedom from
the confines of established thinking and practice allowed the great
experience of pressing forward, making and mending mistakes,
developing good and bad work, embracing changes, and, ultimately, to
complete a work that is honest. The eventual reward is subliminal,
sometimes intimate, conversation with the viewer, which is extremely
gratifying, proffering genuine purpose in the art.
During the 2020 pandemic year, members of Echo Valley Art Group
wanted to be sure that they would continue their annual support of young artists of Lancaster County. So, the group came up with the idea of
producing Art Posters featuring individually chosen works by every member artist. These 26 beautiful, frame ready images are printed archivally
on heavy paper, 11x14, and ALL of the proceeds will go to the Demuth
Foundation and Lancaster Museum of Art to support their extraordinary
efforts and support of young, emerging, visionary and established
artists in our community, even during the pandemic. Art makes a
difference in our lives.
Echo Valley Art Group poster sale for the benefit of the
Demuth Foundation, on YouTube:
Or: https://youtu.be/syt3aq7HdVc
To view Claire Giblin's studio tour,created by the Demuth
Museum, 2020,
Or You Tube link here: https://youtu.be/1wJNTiQm_nx
To View Echo Valley Art Group virtual exhibition June 2020
From July
5 through September 24, 2022, The
Lancaster Museum of Art is hosting the 60th Annual Community Art
Exhibition
Below is the piece I have entered into the show.
Forget Me Nots (remember me), copyright 2020,
Ink and watercolor
on rice paper, mounted on rice paper, 10" x 14" AVAILABLE
at current exhibition
Untitled (le taureau est morte), copyright 2019,
Acrylic and mica on canvas, 50"H x 70"W AVAILABLE
LOGOS, copyright 2019, 48"H x 48"W
Acrylic
on canvas AVAILABLE
Eve Lution, copyright 2019, 20"H x 24"W framed
at 28"H x 32"W
Acrylic on Paper collection of
Ernell and Francine Firestine-Harley
Gold and Rust, copyright 2019, 47"H x 47"W
Acrylic
on canvas AVAILABLE
Looking North on Broadway, copyright 2018,
Acrylic
on Plexiglas plates, 19" x 19" Collection of
Francine Firestine, Lancaster, PA
Winter at Rock Ford, copyright 2018,
Acrylic on
Plexiglas plates
This work was curated by Joyce Heberlein into
the 2018 annual Echo Valley Art Group exhibition
at Lancaster
Art Galleries.Lancaster, PA Collection of Francine
Firestine-Harley, Lancaster, PA
Echo Valley Jewels, copyright 2018,
Digital photo
screen assemblage with plastic jewel boxes (a nod to Andy Warhol)
29"H x 22"W
This work was created as a tribute to the
artists of Echo Valley Art Group and shown
at the group's 2018
annual exhibition at Lancaster Art Galleries. AVAILABLE
I am
very honored to have been invited to show one painting, (Lung-Ta Wind
Horse and Prayers for Peace) and one photograph (Wounded Dove)
in
an international exhibition of artists and writers,
PEACEMAKING
(PROJECT PEACE), June 22 - July 21, 2018 at Galerie Kerstan im
Galerienhaus, Stuttgart, Germany.
The participating
artists and writers are:
Anne Phong | Chris Raschka | Claire Giblin |
Helen Beekman | Helen Berggruen | Herb Weaver |
Leslie Kaufman
| Lucio Pozzi | Michael Arrigo | Milt Friedly | Nina Buxenbaum |
Sandy Brunvand |
Steven Rubin | Carolyn Forché | Daina Savage
| David Kenley | Deanna Nikaido | E. Ethelbert Miller |
Jesse
Waters | Julia Spicher Kasdorf | Lawrence Ferlinghetti | Leslie
McGrath | Michael White | Romie Lie |
Scott Cairns | Taslima
Nasreen Adam Way | Cooper Siegel | Georgia Grimm
Wounded Dove, copyright 2016,
Photograph, archival pigment print on 100% rag paper, Print No.
1 of 16"H x 20"W, framed 24"H x 28"W collection
of Francine Firestine, Lancaster, PA
Prints 2 - 10
available, please inquire
Lung Ta - Wind Horse and the Prayers for Peace,
copyright 2005,
oil based ink and acrylic on monotype plate,
28"H x 26"W AVAILABLE
Two
photographs, Window Seat and Catskill Pond, both from
the solo exhbition CAPTURED at the Ware Center in December of 2016,
were selected by jurors: Julianna Foster and David Graham, to be
included in the June, 2018 exhibition PHOTOgraphy at the Philadelphia
Sketch Club. The Sketch club is at 235 S. Camac Street in
Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Sketch Club is the oldest artist's
club in America. Gallery hours are Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, 1 to 5 pm. Inquire to see the images; prints are available
Six
pieces were exhibited at a curated invitational exhibition, Spring
Abstraction, at the Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University,
Selinsgrove, PA. They are Stripes, Violet, Magenta Precipice Rust
and Silver, Thus and No further, Siddhartha - The Birth of Blue
I am honored to announce that Siddhartha - The Birth of Blue
is now part of the Permanent Collection at Susquehanna University
Divine Breath, copyright 2016,
acrylic
on canvas 48"H x 60"W, collection of Francine
Firestine, Lancaster, PA
Adam Cast Forth, based on the poem by
Jorge Luis Borges, below, copyright 2016,
acrylic, gold leaf,
mica, on canvas 60"H x 48"W AVAILABLE
Adam
Cast Forth
Jorge Luis Borges, The Self and the Other, 1964
The
Garden was it real or was it dream?
Slow, in the hazy light, I
have been asking,
Almost as a comfort, if the past
Belonging
to this now unhappy Adam
Was nothing but a magic fantasy
Of
that God I dreamed. Now it is imprecise
In memory, that lucid
paradise,
But I know it exists and will persist
Though not
for me. The unforgiving earth
Is my addiction, and the
incestuous wars
Of Cains and Abels and their
progeny.
Nevertheless, it means much to have loved
To have
been happy, to have laid my hand on
The living Garden, even for
one day.
Hubo un Jardin o fue el Jardin un
suefio?
Lento en la vaga luz, me he preguntado.
Casi como
un consuelo, si el pasado
De que esta Adan, hoy misero, era
dueno,
No fue sino una magica impostura
De aquel Dios
queasone. Ya es impreciso
En la memoria el claro Paraiso,
Pero
yo se que existe y que perdura.
Aunque no para mi, La terca
tierro
Es mi castigo y la incestuosa guerra
De Caines y
Abeles y su cria.
Y, sin embargo, es mucho haber amado.
Haber
sido feliz, haber tocado
El viviente Jardin, siquiera un dia.
Forms Passing, copyright 2016,
acrylic, mica, on canvas 48"H x 60"W AVAILABLE
Age of Beauty, copyright 2016, diptych,
acrylic, gold leaf, mica,on canvas
55"H x 52"W, 43"H
x 42"W collection of Susan Kadel, Hummelstown,
PA
Architect's Dream, copyright 2016,
acrylic, gold leaf, mica,on canvas
18"H x 24"W
collection of Tracey Meloni, Harrisburg, PA
Architect's
Dream - Night Vision by C. Khali Ghari, December 15, 2015
This
now is my mansion.
In the black dome of night sky
the moon
is the oculus
surrounded by a million oculi of stars
Beneath
the convex, surrounded by pine pillars and their
capitals, my
body rests upon soft blue moss;
Dew drop crystals reflect and
repeat the light above.
Sweetest scent and murmur of velvet
night
immense in power
wraps me like a child and holds me
near its beating heart so that i sleep in peace.
Til the
pattering of tiny mice feet on the floor urge open my eyelids.
Breeze
blows open the curtain
The dome is blue
life is everywhere.
Carnavale, copyright 2010,
acrylic
on canvas 48"H x 72"W collection of
Francine Firestine, Lancaster, PA
Summer Islands, copyright 2015, acrylic
on canvas
36"H x 24"W AVAILABLE
I am honored that Summer Islands was selected for a group
exhibition of Pennsylvania Artists
hosted by Governor Tom Wolf
and First Lady Frances Wolf
on view at the Governor's Residence,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 2015.
From the Porch, Big Indian NY 1973 12"
x 15", copyright 2011-2016
acrylic, ink, oil pastel on
board private collection
This
painting was included in the 2016 Demuth Museum invitational,
"Poetic
Paintings", from February 5 - 28. 2016
The story of
Big Indian in my life, and the poem, Storm in Summer
by C. L. Khali Ghari,
can be viewed here
Anticipation
copyright 2014
acrylic, ink, metallic marker on mylar mounted
to board
image for 2016 annual greeting collection
of Dee Doulin, Willow Street, Pennsylvania
Lifting,
acrylic on canvas, 9 feet High x 10 feet Wide private
collection, Chicago, Illinois
Stripes, copyright 2014, acrylic on canvas
15"H
x 17"W
Magenta Precipice, copyright 2015,
acrylic, mica, oil stick on canvas
20"H x 20"W
AVAILABLE
Esoteros, copyright 2015, acrylic, gold
leaf, mica, oil pastel, oil stick on canvas
55"H x
52"W, collection of Susan Kadel Esq. Hummelstown,
PA
From the Blue Cottage, Penobscot Bay,
copyright 2012, acrylic on repurposed canvas
30"H x
40"W, AVAILABLE at Waltz Vineyards, Manheim, PA
Early Morning, Penobscot Bay, copyright
2012, acrylic on repurposed canvas
30"H x 40""W, collection
of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Scott, Lancaster, PA
Torii, copyright 2014, acrylic, silver
leaf, iridescent marker, on Yupo
27.5"H x 32.5"W,
framed in vintage teak
collection of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph
Hoffard, Lancaster, Pa
Annunciation, copyright 2014, acrylic,
gold leaf, on c.p. paper
36"H x 24"W, private
collection, Lancaster, Pa
Exhibited at Lynden
Gallery, Elizabethtown, PA , 2014
Star Shone Bright, copyright 2014,
acrylic, pencil and metallic marker on paper
8"H x
10"W, collection of Peg Richards, Lancaster, PA
This
original was exhibited at Lancaster Museum of Art's "Trees
Galore" exhibition
and signed copies were sent as my 2015
New Year greeting.
Will's Dream copyright 2013, 48" x
45", acrylic on canvas collection of Dr. Stephen
Diamantoni, Lancaster, PA
Etant
copyright 2012
42" x 78", acrylic on
canvas collection of Dr. Frank and Mrs. Joy Manning,
Lancaster, PA
To
be...replaced, copyright 2012, 48" x 24"
acrylic with found wood patterns, tape and graphite
on
cradled luan board, with sheetrock corner guides as framing.
AVAILABLE
To
be...replaced was accepted to show, and received Second Place in
"Other Media" at the Art Association of Harrisburg's 2013
84th International Juried Exhibition.
To
be...invisible, copyright 2012, 36"H x 36"W
acrylic on canvas with plexiglass frame AVAILABLE
All
copyright 2012. All cradled luan plywood with sheetrock corner forms
as frames. Left:To
be...silent, acrylic, silver spray paint, silk velvet,
copper nails, stainless steel wire, found amber glass; 48 x
24 Middle:To
be...honest,, acrylic house paint, acrylic, oil pastel and
pastel, corrugated packing material and drawing; 48 x 24 Right:To be...in love, acrylic house paint, down, silk
velvet and found amber glass; 48 x 24 available
To
Be Honest was selected to be exhibited in an exhibition, "Women
Gazing Inward"
at the Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, New York
City, NY, from January 5 - 30, 2016
Departure
- the 27th day of the 3rd month copyright 2011
acrylic,
ink and gold leaf on canvas, 36" x 36" available
Midnight
at Max's - for Andy, copyright 2014
digital
silkscreen - acrylic, ink, diamond dust, on canvas, 18" x 24"
collection of Rick and Gail Gray, Lancaster, PA
This
painting was created for "POP", the 2014 Demuth Museum
invitational.
Visit the Demuth
Museum on line for more information about the historic home of
Charles Demuth and the museum's hours of operation, directions,
exhibitions, etc.
Shroud
copyright 2011
40" x 60", acrylic on canvas
collection of Ken and Charteleda Kauffman, Lancaster, PA
Element-Sky
(from the exhibition "Wind Horse - The Prayer for Peace"),
copyright 2010,
32" x 40" , ink, acrylic monotype on
kudzu paper
collection of Ann Barshinger, Lancaster, PA
First
Prize 2011 Women's Expressions Exhibition at
Lancaster Women &
Babies Hospital, Campus of Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, PA.
Icy
Pond copyright 2011, 40" x 48" , acrylic, oil pastel on
canvas
AVAILABLE
Things
are About to Change copyright 2011, 48" x 60" , acrylic,
mica, oil pastel on canvas
collection of Dr. Frank and Mrs. Joy
Manning, Lancaster, PA
Study
for Room Panels copyright 2009, 22" x 40" , acrylic, ink,
gold leaf on paper
collection of George Mummert,
Lancaster, PA
Look
Up!
(We think we can know her by the trail she left behind.
In
truth it only tells us she is gone.)
copyright 2010, 100"
x 25", acrylic ink on drawing paper
AVAILABLE
Night
Flight copyright 2010, 30" x 24", acrylic, enamel on
Yupo
Collection of Lisa Shirk, Lancaster PA
Beatification
(detail) copyright 2010, 40" x 330",
gesso, crayon,
graphite, ink on drawing paper
juried into the Art of the
State,2010, AVAILABLE
Beatification
copyright 2010, 40" x 330"
gesso, crayon, graphite,
ink on drawing paper
available
Beatification> was also shown in a solo exhibition, "Drawing
Conclusions" (2010), at the Art Space,
East Building,
Harrisburg Area Community College, Lancaster, PA,
Swords
into Plowshares copyright 2010, private collection
a small work
created for "Trees Galore" annual auction to benefit the
Lancaster Museum of Art in 2010
Three
Mountains copyright 2010, 20" x 16" acrylic on kudzu
paper
collection of Tom and Frances Donnelly Wolf, York, PA
Rust
and Silver copyright 2007, 36" x 28", acrylic, ink on
paper
AVAILABLE
Thus
and no Further (Job 38:11) copyright 2007, 58" x 58",
acrylic on canvas
AVAILABLE
Lone Mountain, 2010, 24" x 24"
acrylic on paper
Collection of Michael Green, Lebanon, PA
Siddhartha
- The Birth of Blue
copyright 2004, diptych, 8 feet by 5 feet (total), acrylic on
canvas
Permanent Collection of Susquehanna University,
Selinsgrove, PA
There
are large scale works in place at the offices of Manning and Rommel
Associates, 2115 Noll Drive (the Noll business Park adjacent to
Stauffers on Rohrerstown Road) in Lancaster.
For information
about their business hours, call 717-393-7980.
In addition to the venues
mentioned above, several works are installed and can be seen at Waltz
Vineyards, Old Line Road in Manheim, Pennsylvania. The Vineyard is
owned by Kimberly and Jan Waltz Tastings and special events at the
winery are available. Please link to their website
for information about available wines, tasting events and store
hours. They have a wine store in Lititz and a new wine store at
Kitchen Kettle village
I
am happy to meet anyone interested to see these works at their
locations listed here, and encourage you to contact me,
if you
would like to see works at these locations or at my studio.
Atoll
copyright 2009, 24" x 30",
acrylic oil pastel on paper
collection of Paula Egidi,
New York, New York
La
Neige et L'hiver (Scottish Islands) copyright 2009, three panels,
total: 5.5 feet high by 24 feet long, acrylic, mica on
canvas
AVAILABLE
Fog
Along the Susquehanna copyright 2014, diptych total: 30"H x
80"W, acrylic, mica on canvas
AVAILABLE and currently on
view at Waltz Vineyards, Manheim, PA
La Neige et L'hiver (sketch for triptych) copyright 2009
34" x 51", acrylic, ink, pigment, encaustic on canvas
collection of Tom Beeman, Lancaster, PA
Raising
Lazarus copyright 2005, diptych, 60" high x 96" wide,
acrylic on canvas
AVAILABLE
This painting was
exhibited at The Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin and Marshall
College in February, 2015 as one of the pieces included in an
invitational exhibition of six Lancaster abstract artists, "Just
a Few of Us", curated by Bill Hutson.
Jade
Mountain copyright 2009, 24" x 30", acrylic, ink, pigment,
on paper
Collection of Francine Firestine, Landaster, PA
I was invited to participate in the "Handprint Identity
Project", a collaboration of poets and artists which has
traveled since early in 2009. I worked with poet, Barbara Crooker, to
develop related poetry and painting to be exhibited at the event.
Barbara's poem, "Climbing the Jade Mountain", is
responsible for the piece "Jade Mountain" above, and she is
writing in response to "La Neige et l'hiver" (above), the
sketch, and the large triptych, "La Neige et l'Hiver apportent
la mort et fournissent la naissance du printemps". Blog entry,
Painters and Poets discusses our collaboration:
Testimony
of Eve, copyright 2006, 28" x 28", acrylic, ink on
paper
collection of Mary Burton, Lancaster, PA.
Guidebook
Fragment copyright 2006, 38" x 28", acrylic, ink on
paper
collection of Jess May, Lancaster, PA.
Encroachment
- The Tiny Silos copyright 2009, 46" x 68", acrylic, oil
pastel on canvas
available
Also in Spring of 2010, I participated in an exhibition,
"Perspectives on Preservation" -
A celebration of Art
& Poetry expressing Lancaster County Artists' perspectives on
preserving our land,
resources, and culture. This is also a
collaboration and I was happy to be working with Barbara Strasko,
poet laureate of Lancaster County. The piece Encroachment - the
tiny silos, is in response to her poem
about Warren Rohrer,
Lancaster native and artist.
The exhibition was held at The
Keystone Art and Culture Center in Lancaster, PA.
Music and
poetry readings by local poets and Lancaster School District student
poets were the highlight of the event.
Bridge
Across the Ashokan - Late Summer copyright 2009, 24" x 54",
acrylic on canvas
collection of Joy and Frank Manning,
Lancaster, PA
Last
Winter (remembering Gus) copyright 2009, 18" x 16",
acrylic, ink on vellum
collection of Tim and Mary Pat Donnellon,
Lancaster, PA
Guidebook
copyright 2009, 18" x 16", acrylic, ink on
vellum
collection of Keith and Suzanne Orris, Lancaster, PA
Barbara's
Field copyright 2009,
based upon a poem written by Barbara
Strasko, former poet laureate of Lancaster County, PA
18" x
16", acrylic, ink, gold leaf on paper
collection of Mike
and Elizabeth Todd-Lambert, Lancaster, PA
Design
for Screen copyright 2009, 20" x 46", acrylic, ink, gold
leaf on vellum
collection of Stefanie Valar and Ed Hauck,
Lancaster, PA
Frozen
Pass copyright 2009, 18" x 16", acrylic, ink on vellum
collection of Laura Watt, Philadelphia, PA
Harmony
- The Lake and The Moon copyright 2009, 24" x 30", acrylic,
ink on mylar mounted on paper
collection of Tom and Judy Willig, Lancaster, PA
Ice
Floe copyright 2009, 18" x 16", acrylic, ink on vellumin,
in a private collection
Jade
Mountain I copyright 2009, 18" x 16", acrylic, ink on
vellum
available
Jade
Mountain II copyright 2009, 18" x 16", acrylic, ink on
vellum
AVAILABLE
Jade
Mountain - Snow copyright 2009, 18" x 16", acrylic, ink on
vellum
AVAILABLE
Influence
copyright 2007, 24" x 38" (framed), acrylic on mylar
mounted on board
collection of Graeson Burnette-Peake,
Philadelphia, PA
Violet
copyright 2008, 60" x 48", acrylic, ink on canvas
AVAILABLE
The Lost Year copyright 2007, 59" x 39",
acrylic on canvas
collection of Mrs. Nancy Daffin, Lancaster, PA
Evidence
of Occupation copyright 2009, 20"H x 7" W x 4" deep,
found wood, recycled paint and findings
AVAILABLE
Bound
copyright 2009, 16"H x 7" W x 4" deep
found wood,
recycled paint, dental floss, chicken feather and findings
AVAILABLE
"Evidence
of Occupation" and "Bound" are found wood and recycled
paints,
pearls and findings and were selected by juror, Linda
Cunningham for exhibition,
"SALVAGE - Reclaiming
Recycling", a national juried exhibition held at The Phillips
Museum of Art
at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster,
PA, in September through December of 2009.
Street Siren, from the series, "Solo Road" -
2008 Claire Giblin, silver gelatin print, 20" x 24"
AVAILABLE
"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
were first shown at a solo exhibition at Southwest Minnesota State
University (2009) and again at a solo exhibition, CAPTURED, in 2015
at the Ware Center of Millersville University, Downtown, in
Lancaster, PA. This series is available for exhibition and
consignment. A limited amount of ndividual prints, unframed, are
AVAILABLE by special order.
For information about
purchase of this and the entire portfolio of silver gelatin prints, I
will send thumbnail images of the series; please contact me at
claire.louise47@giblinart.com
Inevitable, copyright 2015, addition to the series, "Solo
Road" - 2008 Claire Giblin,
archival digital print, 24"
x 20"
Print No. 1, 24 x 20, now in the collection of Greta
Dymar, Lancaster PA.
Inevitable
was exhibited in the invitational figure show held at the Susquehanna
Center for the Creative Arts in May and June of 2015. I showed it
together with Street Siren, above, to indicate the inevitable: in
2009, the statue stood alone on the diamond plate dock of a New York
City architectural salvage dealer. In 2015, she was scheduled to be
auctioned together with several other like her, including a merman. I
was moved to take the snapshot (with iPhone) of the grouping. They
seemed to be part of a drama -- Merman coming along, an "other"
mermaid, the tension now created by two other figures. This, too,
seemed inevitable. And now, when you visit that downtown loading
dock, there will be no siren, no mermaid, to lure you into her spell.
sigh. A limited number of prints are available by individual order at
claire.louise47@giblinart.com
Poem
I - Red Pines - Snow on Cold Mountain copyright 2007, acrylic, ink on
paper
collection of Phillip Freedman, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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
collection of Dr. and Mrs. Steven Morgan, Lancaster, PA
Rising-Receding
copyright 2007, 45" x 48", acrylic on canvas
available and on loan and exhibition at WARE Center, Lancaster,
PA
Won't
Stop, copyright 2007, 32" x 23", acrylic, ink, encaustic.
AVAILABLE
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 glass,
AVAILABLE
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
Collection of Gregory and Jackie Seigworth, Millersville, PA
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 is located in Lancaster City (300 Harrisburg
Avenue). This luxury boutique hotel, with beautiful, art-filled,
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 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
collection of The Arts Hotel (suite 503), Lancaster, PA
Tormentosa
copyright 2006, 24" x 36", acrylic on paper
collection of The Arts Hotel (suite 503), Lancaster, PA
Wisdom
- good, beautiful and true copyright 2007, 32" x 38",
acrylic on canvas
collection of The Arts Hotel (suite 503),
Lancaster, PA
Protectorate
copyright 200740" 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, Lancaster, Pa
Leaving
the Imperfect World, copyright 2005, acrylic on canvas,
collection
of Barbara Lewin, Philadelphia, PA
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 2009's New Year greeting.
The
painting was auctioned at 2008, "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,
one of a series of four
paintings painted for ArtPoint Black invitational exhibition,
Florence, Italy in 2005
collection of John Ground, Lancaster, PA
Back
to the Garden copyright 2005, 5 feet by 8 feet, acrylic on
canvas
available at Manning and Rommel Associates, Lancaster, PA
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 20055,
2 feet by 7.5 feet,
acrylic on canvas
damaged. This work will be dissembled and is not currently
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 at Manning and Rommel Associates, Lancaster,
PA
Understanding Blue copyright 2004 44" x 44",
acrylic on canvas
collection of Steve Funk, Lancaster, PA
A House Divided copyright 2004, 18" x 18",
acrylic on canvas
collection of Heather Heilman, Lancaster, Pa
Inca original ink drawing donated for "Trees
Galore", the annual auction to benefit the Lanaster Museum of
Art.
This image is a digitized version of the work which is
this year's New Year greeting.
The original ink drawing is in
the collection of Stanley and Nancy Grand, Lancaster, Pa.
Glorious
Morning original ink, gold leaf and acrylic on paper, donated for
"Trees Galore", the 2011 annual auction to benefit the
Lancaster Museum of Art.
collection of Barbara Hammel,
Lancaster, 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 Manning and Rommel, Lancaster, PA
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, 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, copyright 2003, acrylic on board, 50"
x 50"
collection of 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
Ses Memoires (la bella sera), copyright 2002, acrylic on
canvas, 32" x 42".
collection of Angie and Daniel
Roeder, Vienna, VA
Essence,
(created for the Alice Drum 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, Baltimore, Maryland
GRUMBACHER GOLD MEDALLION - 2002
Labyrinthine Soul, copyright 2002, acrylic on paper, 24" x
14",
collection of Mr. and Mrs. Art Pavlatos, Lancaster,
Pa\
Passage to the New World, copyright 2002, acrylic on acrylic
37" x 29".
collection of Robin Walsh Wise, Lancaster,
Pa
Mystique, copyright 2001, acrylic on paper
collection of
Jason Adams, Harrisburg, PA
Shrine of the Sea Turtle, copyright 2001, acrylic on canvas.
24" x 36".
collection of Drake Nicholas, Esq.,
Harrisburg, PA
Walking Down West 4th Street, 2001, acrylic on paper
, in
a private collection
In Search of Avalon, copyright 2002, acrylic on paper 26"
x 38".
collection of Dr. and Mrs. Steven Morgan,
Lancaster, PA
Distant Hills, copyright 2001, acrylic on canvas, 38" x
36"
collection of Jason Adams, Harrisburg, PA
Shattered Sky, copyright 2001, acrylic on canvas. 49" x
32"
collection of George and Jan Broske, Newark, Delaware
(Creeping) In the Garden at Night, copyright 2001, acrylic on
canvas
Created for the Yellow Wallpaper project, July, 2001
collection of Marianne Milianta and Robert Creason, Harrisburg,
PA
Yellow
Wallpaper, copyright 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,
copyright 2000, acrylic on paper
collection of Dr. and Mrs.
Steve Morgan, Lancaster, PA
Her Voice (I Hear Her Voice in the Gentle Breeze of a
Summer's Eve),
1999, acrylic, oil, pastel, watercolor on paper.
(Collection of Jay Green and Mary Tamaki, Los Angeles,
California)
Out of Chaos, 2000, acrylic, oil, watercolor on paper.
collection of Steve and Andrea Morgan, Lancaster PA
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.
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. She continued to study fine art independently, attending
life sketching, painting and art history courses in New York City at
F.I.T. and in Pennsylvania at Lebanon Valley College, Millersville
University and Franklin & Marshall College. She combines mediums,
using acrylic, watercolor, oils, pencil, ink, encaustic and pastels
on paper and canvas. Her paintings have won awards and acclaim by
jurors and critics and are in private and corporate collections
throughout the United States. She is also a photographer and
printmaker. The artist donates 10% of all proceeds from the sale of
her artwork to charities which support the homeless, including The
Bowery Mission in New York City and the Water Street Rescue Mission
in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
I grew up in Brooklyn, NY, where life was never easy. My
alcoholic father 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. I 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
premise that thoughts and emotions transcribed into visual images can
affect behavior, fascinates me. 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 enormous inherent power to influence an
individual, or entire civilizations. As someone who makes art, my
vocation is to see things differently and to present things that
might lead to open conversation and understanding. Unspoken
communication is a passage to enlightenment and peace, and this is
the thrust of my commitment as an artist.
Daybreak,
1999, acrylic on paper
Collection of Mr. NS Mrs. Paul Barrett,
Bethesda, Maryland
Onset
of Winter", 1999 acrylic and watercolor on paper
Collection
of Mr. & Mrs. Robert Bowman, West Chester, Pennsylvania
.
2017, Invitation to membership, Philadelphia Sketch Club,
Philadelphia, Pa
. 2017 - Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime
Achievement Award
. 2013, Second Place, "Other Media",
Art Association of Harrisburg
84th International Exhibition
.
2011, First Prize, Women's Expressions Invitational Exhibition,
Womens and Babies Hospital, Lancaster, PA
. "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, 2002Jack Richeson & Co. Award, Philadelphia Tri-State
Artists Equity, 2010
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
.
Jack Richeson Award, Philadelphia Tri-State Artists Equity, 2010
Anniversary Exhibition
. Judges' Choice Award, 29th Annual Mt.
Gretna Outdoor Art Show, Mt. Gretna, Pa, 2003
. Second Place,
84th Annual International Juried Show, Art Association of
Harrisburg
. 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, Lancaster, PA
Schedule of Exhibitions 2022:
.February - Artists Equity First
Photography Exhibition
.April - Marietta River Towns Plein Air
event and Exhibition
.May - Echo Valley Art Group pop up show,
Art Walk Weekend, Ellicott Historic Preservation Trust Building,
Lancaster, PA
.June Artists Equity summer Crit
.July - Art
Association of Harrisburg, 94th International Juried show
.December
- "3x3", Three Person exhibition at Ware Center for
Performing Arts, Millersville University, Lancaster, PA
Schedule of Exhibitions 2021:
.January - Demuth Museum Annual
Invitational
.February - Statewide photo exhibition, ONE LENS,
in honor of the survival of Covid and strength of Pennsylvania as a
community
.February - Womens Caucus on Art - National Postcard
Show
.March - Demuth Museum virtual Studio Tour
.March -
Regional Center for Women in the Arts - National Virtual Exhibition
"About Women"
.April - Art Association of Harrisburg,
"Free for All", exhibition
.May - Lancaster Museum of
Art annual Community Art Exhibition and sale
.July - September -
Anita Shapolsky Gallery, Jim Thorpe, PA, curator and participating
artist in Exhibition of Abstract work by
contemporary
Pennsylvania Artists.
.May - Annual Demuth Foundation Art
Auction
.November - Pop up Exhibition of Echo Valley Art Group
artists, Ellicott Historic Preservation Trust Building, Lancaster,
PA
.October - Artists Equity summer Crit event
.December -
Echo Valley Art Group annual exhibition, Elizabethtown College,
Elizabethtown, PA
During the 2020 pandemic year, members
of Echo Valley Art Group wanted to be sure that they continued their
annual support of
Lancaster’s young artists. So, the group
came up with the idea of creating Art Posters of each member artist’s
individually chosen works.
These 26 beautiful, frame ready
images are printed archivally on heavy paper, 11x14, and ALL of the
proceeds will go to the Demuth Foundation
and Lancaster Museum
of Art to support their extraordinary efforts and support of young,
emerging, visionary and established artists in our community,
even
during the pandemic. Art makes a difference in our lives.
Here
is a link to the You Tube slide show of each of the poster images:
https://youtu.be/syt3aq7HdVc
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 Mission, Lancaster, PA
Bowery Mission, NY, NY
St. Philip the Apostle Church Homeless Fund, Millersville, PA
Fire
Island, 1998, acrylic on canvas paper
Collection of Hon Eng,
Flushing, NYi>
For your interest and enjoyment, visit
the following blogs: "Out There" is literary giant, Jeff
Weinstein's, witty, interesting and insight/insightful media blog.
Updated often, visit Out
There and, you will also enjoy reading the art diary of the late
artist, critic, and architect, John Perrault, "Artopia",
which is also available as a podcast. Jeff happens to be a classmate
from high school and John was his partner of many years. Both blogs
are excellent and refreshingly readable....Enjoy!
Please e-mail me with your comments, questions or information.
I will be happy to hear from you.
