STOCKEBRAND STUDIOS

Artwork by Greta Stockebrand,

 ”When color is given dimension, it becomes more than something that occupies a shape, it is the shape.” – Greta Stockebrand.

Greta Stockebrand is an abstract artist living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Originally from Massachusetts, she moved to Albuquerque with her family when she was young. After graduating from high school, she attended Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon, where she received a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts.

“The Art program there at the time was small, but mighty! We were like free range artists!”

The Professors at Lewis and Clark were professional artists who were dedicated to the creative arts. The faculty included Phylis Yes and Jack Portland. They had a strong influence on Greta, and over the four years, she developed her talent of abstraction and use of mixed media. Her primary influences at that time were Willem de Kooning and George Segal - you can see it in her work to this day.

Since then, Greta has been active among the Albuquerque artists and surrounding arts communities. She’s a member of the Albuquerque Arts Business Association, and the Corrales Society of Artists. She participates annually in the Corrales Art Studio Tour, the Annual Art Santa Fe show and in the Albuquerque Art Showcase. She had several paintings chosen to appear on set of Better Call Saul. One of her paintings made such an impression on the set buyer that they purchased it personally.

Most of her works are abstract expressionism; she creates from her subconscious. The colors come first, then the forms are created, and later they are refined and further defined to hold the impact of what she wants the viewer to see.

“There’s so much that is unseen in this reality that we exist in. My paintings make real and visible through color and gesture what cannot be seen.”

Greta started to paint objects into her works that resemble familiar forms as well as adding a three dimensional aspect. This intriguing play of absolute abstract with more concrete and suggested forms, influences the viewer to imagine a reality just beyond what is seen.

“I do something other than color outside the lines, color becomes the lines. Color is more than just a filler for the objects we look at. It has a form and occupies a space of its own in my work. Color can be shown as gaseous and nebular forms or as solid as a circular form. When color is given dimension, it becomes more than something that occupies a shape, it is the shape.”

Stockebrand Studios is located above Ghostwolf Gallery, Old Town, Albuquerque.