Collection: Gimpert, Lenore

Lenore Gimpert graduated in 1997 from the Center for Creative Studies at the College of Art and Design and received her M.A. and M.F.A. from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Inspired in art school, she turned to abstract painting and began to experiment with different materials, slathering thick paint on canvas and texturizing it with what was at hand. Her various techniques include dripping, smearing, splattering and pouring paint on paper and canvas. Her backgrounds typically start with a black surface and progress to a bright white or other bright color. She has a strong love of history, particularly the Greek Hellenistic, Baroque and Rococo periods, and fuses the romance of these periods with a contemporary eye in her work.