Gary Symington

I consider myself a versatile landscape and seascape figurative artist. I painted in oils on canvas for many years in my spare time (I had a “real” job as an art director), but since becoming a full-time “fine” artist in 2017, I’ve experimented with new mediums. I particularly enjoy casein, a versatile milk protein based water soluble medium that can be used thin like watercolor, or applied thick and opaque like oils. With casein, I develop my paintings in multiple glazed layers using casein emulsion medium, finishing areas with more impasto highlights.
My work reflects my interest in the vistas, flora and fauna around me, with emphasis on a vibrant color palette, texture/detail and light and shadow. I’ve been paying close attention to how light filters into groves of trees, as well as their intertwining and complex shapes. The play of light–direct and dappled and filtered–is very interesting and beautiful to me, and very challenging to depict.
I have also tried to take advantage of my more open schedule to attend Artist Residencies—in 2023 for a month in a small town in Portugal, and this year for a month in southern France.
My art has been influenced over the years by Impressionists such as Claude Monet, Childe Hassam, Arthur Streeton, and CA Impressionists Frank Benson and Guy Rose. I also enjoy the mixed media work of Swedish artist Carl Larsson.

Mediums: Casein, Watercolor, Mixed Media.

Website: https://garysym1.wixsite.com/fineart
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