Margery Gosnell-Qua

Margery Gosnell-Qua is a gestural painter whose work bridges the realms of representation and abstraction. She revisits images through various media, sizes, and formats, seeking to visually articulate equivalents to motion, sound, smell, and touch. Her artistic process begins with the creation of small color studies from life—an information-gathering phase where she records shapes and the interplay of colored light. In her studio, she relies on the memory captured in these studies to develop large-scale compositions.

Collage plays a pivotal role in Gosnell-Qua's creative process. She incorporates fragments of previous paintings, clothing, and other objects into her compositions, creating a layered concept of compressed time. This approach allows her to re-contextualize familiar elements, shifting their meaning and function. In her exploration of spatial boundaries and ambiguities, chance placement often generates dynamic interactions. As the viewer’s eye moves to connect shapes into recognizable objects, multiple points of view emerge—serving as a metaphor for the artist’s experience of motion and activity within a perpetually moving world.