Ute Gil

Ute Gil's goal as an artist is to create paintings that show her love of nature and animals while capturing the emotion of her subjects. She consciously reduces details, keeping her brushstrokes loose and impressionistic, allowing the viewer a more personal interpretation of the image. Some paintings have colorful, abstract backgrounds that blend into the subject without the distraction of exact forms. Every painting is different and begs for a different approach. At times Ute use a disrupted-realism style where the subject of the painting gets deconstructed in areas resulting in an expressive and captivating painting. It is more important to her that a painting is compelling rather than true to reality. Much of Ute’s inspiration comes from the rural areas that she visits in Western Loudoun County as well as her travels to other countries. The paintings are created both plein air and in studio. Oil has always been her preferred medium because of its textural qualities.