"I make both abstract and representational work. The figurative work is heightened and expressive and informs the forms that are created for the abstract work. Expression, power and beauty are prized in both making the work have presence making it live is the ruling principle. Often the work is large and colorful though not always. Cmon out you will be entertained!"

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Gary makes paintings and sculpture that are often quite large in scale - they vary between abstraction and narrative figuration. He emphasizes power of expression - not really for the faint of heart - though he does have a soft spot for animals and will draw them as a break from the other work.

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Gary’s work has been described as impactful and frenetic, kinetic but underneath is a framework built on a rich study of nature, of literature and of the history of art. Gary is prolific at all. His work is both lyrical and dark, sometimes using a cartoon line and sometimes a highly expressionist brushwork. He has developed a broad organic vocabulary of forms which he reworks with a mastery of stroke whether it be a brush, a marker, or colored pencils.

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Gary Mayer got a BFA from Wayne State University in Detroit, receiving an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art, studying under Grace Hartigan where he was her graduate assistant. In 1982 he moved from his native Detroit to New York City where he exhibited at Exit Art. His work has since appeared in shows in his native Detroit and other parts of the country as well as the Catskill Mountains.

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