We’re pleased to announce this is the 30th year West End Gallery has represented GC Myers!
I am in my 30th year with the West End Gallery. Over the past twenty plus years it has been an honor and privilege for me to have an annual solo show there. The work has changed and evolved over that time. Materials, technique, perspectives, etc. — these things shift over time and with each move the work changes subtly.
But through that time, there have been constants. One thing that hasn’t changed is the feeling that I am still searching for something in my work. Something that reveals something more about the world in which we live than that which we see on its surface. That thing that animates us and every other living thing, that thing that shapes our actions and reactions.
Over the years, I have tried to determine what that thing might be, whether it is a force of energy of some sort or something different.
This is not scientific in any sense, but what I have found is that it is a form of rhythm. For myself, I see it in the landscape. It is shaped by a multitude of forces—weather and climate, geological shifts, gravitational forces, the effects of living creatures on it, etc. It takes on a shape and rhythm, organic and uncontrived at its best– from these combined forces.
This rhythm gives the landscape a life and energy of its own, one that is constantly pulsing and driving life onward in one form or another.
A persistent rhythm.
And that unwavering rhythm in the landscape is what I am trying to capture in my work. It may be a fool’s errand and I may often come up short with my efforts. But on those occasions when I do detect that rhythm in my work, when I see the invisible forces at work, it is enough for me.
Sustaining. It is that search for this persistent rhythm that keeps me painting. I feel that this same sort of rhythm runs through the work from this show. That others sense it as well is my hope for this show.
GC Myers is a contemporary painter from the Finger Lakes region of New York. He came to painting in mid-life as a result of an accident that occurred while building his home in the early 1990’s. What seemed like a bad break at the time was actually an act of good fortune as it gave him the time to obsessively pursue painting. After a little more than a year after beginning to paint, Myers began his career by first showing at Corning’s West End Gallery in early 1995. Since that time, Myers’ recognizable and unique landscapes have attracted a large following and are avidly collected both here and abroad. Myers’ landscapes are purely imaginary, reflecting emotion and feeling through the forms and colors in the paintings. His work incorporates rich, bold colors with strong organic forms and lines, all built on uniquely textured surfaces that give each piece an added dimension of depth that transforms the work on an emotional level. His use of iconic and recurring images such as his Red Tree and Red Roofs provide a line of continuity through his work that allows the viewer to easily engage and find their own perspective and feelings within the paintings. Myers’ work is constantly evolving and growing, which is displayed at the few solo exhibitions he does each year around the country. Over the years, he has had over 40 solo exhibitions at the galleries which represent his work. These solo exhibits have taken place at galleries in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina and California.