Zachary Gilmour
Zachary Gilmour works in monotype, monoprint, drypoint, mezzotint, drawing and painting. He uses overlaid transparencies of color and form, to allow what could be considered mistakes or accidents to show and gradually evolve into parts of the image. Gilmour sees the relationships between colors as elicitors of powerful emotions that are linked to particular remembered moments:
“Our memories only hold on to fragments, of color and form (of what we have witnessed)...What interests me is laying down some record of those fragments (of the land and people who are constantly in flux around us.)...“Color is my key trigger for finding the connection to memories.”
Originally from Mill Valley, Zach earned his BFA in printmaking from California College of Arts and Crafts (now California College of Art), and teaches art in the Bay Area. He lives with his wife and son in Forest Knolls, California and is an Artist in Residence at Kala.
