Building 10, studio 1006
Painting, primarily watercolor but others at times
Gorrell, an award-winning artist exhibits regularly with the Vienna Arts Society and the Potomac Valley Watercolorists. He has exhibited watercolors and mixed media paintings in several venues in Virginia, including the Virginia Watercolor Society Annual Show, the Central Virginia Watercolor Guild, The Vienna Art Society Treasury of Art Show and others. His paintings have received significant awards in prestigious exhibitions in the region.
He is a member of the following:
Virginia Watercolor Society (Signature Member)
Potomac Valley Watercolorists
Vienna (Virginia) Arts Society
Artists Statement: Whether I am painting landscapes or non-objective abstracts, am fascinated by the edges of things – the way that water meets the shoreline, clouds stand out from the sky, trees and leaves intermingle, hard lines meet soft contours, soft contours blend into other contours, adjacent colors bleed together or stand out in strong contrast. My most realistic landscapes are patterned color and shape — objects, of course, but more than objects; they are sensed relationships. I’ve been influenced by serious and not-so-serious art and artists of many time periods, styles, and media.
