The Paintings of Hartini Gibson

My work is a fiction set in a moment of time.  It is a contemporary fiction composed of fragments of thought, place, sight, myth, emotion, and dream.  Unspecific past, specific present, and undetermined future all co-mingle in my work to form a recognizable story and moment that is both as specific and ungraspable as time itself.

I have purposely painted my work in a simple way akin to the glimpse of what one may see at first glance.  I have exaggerated color, subject and composition to express the lingering emotion of what one may feel.  I have fragmented, abstracted and combined memories, dreams, past and present forms in an attempt to touch the internal impetus of what one may know.  I am trying to evoke a feeling of mystery and moment as specific, timeless and elusive as the shape of a cloud, the feel of the wind, the smell of an approaching storm, and the change of light in the sky.

My paintings are an attempt to combine all elements into a story that is current yet distant.  A story that is within our grasp and yet not.  It is the attempt to capture the elusiveness of time and give voice, memory, and form to the ephemeral.