Gina Sawin
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Gina SawinTern, Solitary Reflection Studyoil on canvas20 x 20"$ 1,800.00 -
Gina SawinTern Group, Moving Forwardoil on canvas20 x 24"$ 2,000.00
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Gina SawinTern Group, Soft Blueoil on canvas20 x 24"$ 2,000.00
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Gina SawinMorning Mist Flightoil on canvas18 x 36"$ 2,800.00
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Gina SawinMovement Through Soft Skyoil on canvas24 x 36"$ 3,000.00
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Gina SawinSoaring Upwardoil on canvas48 x 40"$ 6,000.00
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Gina SawinFlock of Cranesoil on canvas34 x 56"Sold
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Gina SawinFlock of Twenty-Sevenoil on canvas30 x 48"Sold
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Gina SawinShorebirds, Umber Tonesoil on canvas28 x 48"Sold
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Gina SawinTern Group, Mauve Skyoil on canvas30 x 48"Sold
Gina Sawin’s subject is the shifting light and patterns formed by avian flight, as well as the way that a moving flock can define or suggest an infinite sky.
Along with those formal considerations, her work references natural and sociological ecosystems. In her words, “Migrating birds seem to me a poignant reminder of the earth’s life cycles, and, in a metaphorical sense, the strength of the whole as a sum of parts. When I am working in my studio, looking carefully at each individual bird in the context of a community, my mind drifts to other groups getting from one place to another, seeking refuge, or the right to survive. I feel the paintings asking: will we get where we need to go?”
Gina Sawin received her BFA and MFA degrees in New York at Parsons School of Design, where she studied with Leland Bell, Paul Resika, Stanley Lewis, John Heliker, Robert DeNiro, Sr. and Larry Rivers. She lives with her husband, the conservation leader Charles Gauvin, on their farm in New Gloucester, Maine. Her studio is in their large 19th century barn, from which she can watch and listen to the migrating birds which are her muse.