BARBARA GILHOOLY'S interest is in the process of making objects that have rich, active surfaces, which springs from her background as a printmaker. She often finds herself treating her materials with a similar emphasis on line and surface, satisfying her constant need to draw, carve, etch, engrave, paint, tool, scratch, stitch and print lines.

In her latest work, GILHOOLY explores concepts of time and place. Diagrams of complex pie charts carved into the wood surface, layers of patterned motifs, and systematic webs connecting random nodes, are some of the imagery depicted. Her technique consists of layering paint and carving into areas and then subtracting to reveal elements from previous layers. This technique not only contributes to the depth and texture of the surface, but also captures the effect of the underlying history of the painting.

BARBARA GILHOOLY is a graduate of Colorado State University in Ft. Collins, where she earned her M.F.A. in 1989. She received a B.F.A. from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, in 1986.