Duality of Being
Opening Reception March 7th, 2026 4pm-6pm
Show runs from -
March 7th, 2026 - April 18th, 2026
(These 6 paintings represent a fraction the exhibit. Visit or email the gallery to see the entire exhibit.)
Biography
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Bridgette Guerzon Mills is a multi-media artist. Her work incorporates a variety of materials including photography, paint, encaustic, and textiles, as well as reclaimed materials. Her artwork has been published in magazines and books and her work has exhibited and been collected in the United States and internationally. She currently resides in Towson, MD.
As a mixed media artist, encaustic is a versatile medium that allows her to create depth in layers and serves as a means for further exploration in both form and meaning. She combines her photography with encaustic to create a bridge between two worlds, the real and the reconstructed. The canvas becomes a multilayered surface that speaks to both the visual and tactile senses. Her landscapes are an attempt to capture a feeling of wonder, recognition and kinship with the land. She explores landscapes in both oil paint and encaustic. Her outdoor installations, often created using foraged or recycled materials, focus on environmental issues and seek to engage and educate the public about these concerns. |
Statement
Duality is a state of having two contrasting forces like light/shadow or rational/intuitive or anima/animus existing at the same time. I approach my creative process as a mediation on integrating duality in a way that brings harmony and unity. In my mixed media practice I often combine photographic images with paint to create a bridge between two worlds – the real and the reconstructed, the gridded compositions with the unstructured natural forms. Salvaged materials partnered with images of untamed plant forms and branches bring together the man-made with the organic. The salvaged materials though, come from the earth originally- wood from trees, metal from earth mineral, and cloth from plants. In the end, we are all connected and we are all from the Earth. There is a Mayan phrase that I think about often, “In Lak-ech” which translates to “You are My Other Me” which suggests a universal unity. This collection of work reflects on integrating the duality within and without; and in so doing, finding a path where we can live in reciprocal relation with each other and the Earth.
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