Gretchen Albrecht has exhibited in New Zealand and internationally for more than 35 years. Recent work has appeared in Valencia, Spain as part of the exhibition Ultramarte at the Casa Museo Benlliure, in Sydney at Michael Carr Art Dealer, and in the touring survey exhibition Returning initiated by the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

H o r i z o n  -  T h r e s h o l d ,  2007

125 x 375 cm, acrylic on canvas triptych.

   As an abstract artist Albrecht's work has evolved from the rectangular stained canvases of the 1970s into a pair of signature formats, the hemisphere (half circle) & the oval, shapes that she associates with particular meanings & states of mind. In the resulting works resonant combinations of colour and geometry create images with a clear poetic impulse in which references to landscape, family and the cosmos act as emotional points of departure.

E n t w i n e d, 2005

50 x 175 x 29 cm, stainless steel with stainless steel mesh.
Edition of 3.

   The past five years have seen Albrecht's artistic horizons broaden to encompass large-scale, stainless steel sculpture and have witnessed the inception of a new series of multi-panelled rectangular paintings featuring the 'threshold' motif, a key presence in recent oval works.