Gail Sarasohn
Where do you live: Great Neck, N.Y.
Your education: I have a B.A. from Brooklyn College in Fine Arts and an A.A.S. in Textile Design and an A.A.S. in Fashion Design from The Fashion Institute of Technology.
Describe your art in three words: Modern, fun, and colorful.
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Your background includes textiles, fashion, and dinnerware design. How have these fields influenced your current painting practice?
My background in Textiles, Fashion and Dinnerware Design helped me to develop a good sense of color.
Your paintings are full of movement and color. What role does emotion play in your creative process?
My paintings are modern and colorful. By using bright, happy and bold colors my paintings inspire happiness and are uplifting.
Gail Sarasohn | What Are You Doing
Can you describe what you feel when you are “in the zone” while painting?
When I paint I ignore everything around me and just concentrate on what I am painting.
Do you usually begin with a specific idea or emotion, or do you let the painting evolve organically?
When I paint I let the brushes lead the way, the painting evolves on its own.
Gail Sarasohn | Touched By The Sun’s Last Rays
What does the layering technique you use bring to your work emotionally and visually?
When I use a layering technique my colors blend into each other and create depth and unusual color combinations.
How do you choose your color palette for a piece? Is it intuitive or planned?
I use colors that I love and believe would work well together.
Gail Sarasohn | There Is Only A Dream
Do you see your abstract forms as reflections of nature, personal memories, or something else?
My abstract paintings are not a reflection of memories or nature. I just paint.
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