HOPE GANGLOFF
Hidden Brook at Dusk, 2025
Acrylic on panel
36 x 48 in.
Copyright The Artist
Gangloff’s unique use of color is central to her practice. “All my compositions are a vehicle for color theory. None of these are an accident,” she has said, reinforcing the...
Gangloff’s unique use of color is central to her practice. “All my compositions are a vehicle for color theory. None of these are an accident,” she has said, reinforcing the deliberate and intellectual nature of her visual choices. Her colors are not merely aesthetic but also highly functional, they evoke memory, atmosphere, and mood, sometimes even destabilizing the viewer’s sense of space or time. The intensity of her palette can heighten sensory experience and reflect the emotional weight of a moment, underscoring how the visual can stand in for the psychological.
"...Van Gogh wrote to Emile Bernard, “one must attack [the glorious splendors of nature] nonetheless, however incompetent one may feel before the unspeakable perfection.” Dreamscapes grown from the seeds of the artist’s personal environment, Gangloff’s dynamic scenes tempt you into a world of her own making: one of enrapturing color, sweeping lines, and familiar objects turned surreal. ... Gangloff reminds us of our collective spiritual relationship to nature, while celebrating her own artistic process and history".
- Kathleen Hefty, The Brooklyn Rail
"...Van Gogh wrote to Emile Bernard, “one must attack [the glorious splendors of nature] nonetheless, however incompetent one may feel before the unspeakable perfection.” Dreamscapes grown from the seeds of the artist’s personal environment, Gangloff’s dynamic scenes tempt you into a world of her own making: one of enrapturing color, sweeping lines, and familiar objects turned surreal. ... Gangloff reminds us of our collective spiritual relationship to nature, while celebrating her own artistic process and history".
- Kathleen Hefty, The Brooklyn Rail