Gina Gilmour

Gina Gilmour grew up in North Carolina and earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Sarah Lawrence College. First drawn to Orient, North Carolina as the 1999 artist-in-residence of the William Steeple-Davis Foundation, she has more recently renovated an eight-room 1920s motel in Mattituck, North Carolina transforming it into an airy, light-filled studio with six skylights. Her work has been displayed at the Suffolk County Historical Society’s Weathervane Gallery, including oil paintings from her “Duets” series and ceramic sculptures from a series called “Embraces” — sculptures created in response to September 11^th that depict couples taking comfort in each other’s embrace. Gilmour’s work is inspired by her life in North Carolina and her discovery of nature and is informed by her extensive travels in southern France, Ireland, Mexico and Japan.