Above: "Hide and Seek" 20" x 33" Oil on Canvas (Private Collection)
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"Always alluring and stunning, due to pronounced draftsmanship and sun-filled color, are the figurative works of Gwen Gugell of Pennsylvania. Gugell is a painter who never takes the easy way when it comes to articulating the figure and imparting the proper veneer to accessories." "Such studies reveal that Gugell is a slow and deliberate painter who produces only a few pictures a year." (Al Hurlburt)
"Ms. Gugell's works reflect her personal quest for perfection; her peers admire her near-flawless painting technique." (Frann Grossman)
"Gugell's lure is the sensuality of paint and form. Her intention is to create a visual tension between object and idea. To the end, she often challenges the idea of "Interior" that we indeed attach to still life by suggesting exterior ideas, such as by placing forms that have been rendered with traditional interior effects of light and shadow against the backdrop of a landscape or by painting the folds of attendant drapery to resemble a landscape. Some paintings employ dramatic theatre style lighting under which the objects are displayed." (Rita Beyer)
"The underlying element of her work is the duality between optical sensuality and pictorial tension. In these highly-tactile, expressive compositions, the artist has transported the still life to a truly contemporary dimension. " (Sarah Stack)
"Hers is a thinking woman’s art, delicately elaborated by beauty of composition, color and texture, all welded seamlessly together with technique that has been honed to perfection." (The Cosmopolitan Club of Philadlelphia)
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