De Gillett THE ARTIST
Art has been in my blood since I was 4, always drawing pictures in the sand with whatever tools I could find. Today, with thousands of canvases under my belt, I visually explore through vibrant colour, acrylic textures, and a haptic sense of movement.
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An unfettered joie de vivre emanates from the recklessly sumptuous works of Brisbane artist De Gillett. She visually orchestrates a kaleidoscope of organic neo-futurist colour, creating a temporal sense of movement both refreshing and honest in its intent.
De Gillett is a creature of invention and re-invention, in her artistic practice and beyond. Over the last decade, as she discoveres and explores the First Nations origins of her family, she continues to manifest new and exciting symphonies of colour. Obsessed with layering, her works build slowly to their completion from opaquely solid underlayers, through patterning and drawing into the surface, and finishing with layer upon layer of transparent flowing inks and glazes. Inspired by the writings of Walter Pater, who exhorts us all to celebrate the beauty in everything, especially in art, De strives to build her own “hard, gem-like flame” of enthusiasm for life and make work that shares her positivity and celebration of abundance with the world. Knowing the transcendence Art brings into her own life, De works hard at opening those doors for her many students.
With her life and business partner Graham Cox, De is a driving force at Arts Tree, the business they have created and run at Wynnum, Brisbane, Australia since February 2013. Arts Tree is primarily a dedicated studio classroom, offering art lessons to adult students in Acrylics, Mixed Media and Drawing. De shares her secrets on her Patreon Page at www.patreon.com/DeGillett
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