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| At the center of this whirlpool of cultures, faiths and legends are the nomadic tribe's people whom Gerard immortalizes on canvas. The luminous paints which the artist mixes himself reflect his talent for improvisation - - usually materials indigenous to the areas in which he is working: seaweed in Tokyo, fish glue in Hong Kong, latex in Singapore and silicon in New York. Horses and the female form rank high among Gerard's favorite subjects. Women, Gerard believes, are the most beautiful creatures on earth, while horses remain the most noble. . . |
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| The hooves of Gerard's equestrian stars pound the ground below with the rhythm and fury of a Flamenco dancer. The galloping horses, roaring and snorting under wild-eyed Tartar horsemen, seem to breathe fire, their eyes aglow like black diamonds as they kick and rear up in full cry. The artist has drawn strength and inspiration from the symbols and signs derived from Eastern beliefs and mythological themes and the ancient civilizations of Central Asia. He has successfully fused the refinement and sensitivity of the East with the strength and vigor of Western artists like Michelangelo, Rubens, and Picasso. Though his paintings are charged with a passionate effort at capturing some primordial force, they have about them a delicate quality conjured by the dreamlike harmony of color and surface textures.
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