R.L. Gibson is a thirty-something, nationally-shown artist and happily-married mother of one working and "living on vacation" on top of a mountain in Tennessee with work in galleries from New York to Texas. Gibson is currently working on her newest Xerography series Psychomachia with Arizona artist Jerry Portelli. Gibson works, almost exclusively as a Xerographist, producing complicated layered compositions and then hand-transferring these images to a variety of substrates resulting in a unique monotype.

Xerography, as a medium, has neither a standard place in institutional art instruction nor a documented history. Gibson has spent years refining her hand-palatted technique. The "skips" are not flaws but the unique result of the process. "I am an Objectivist-that is, I believe in objective reality.

This belief is clearly reflected in my work-from color to content. Pieces of Me is a large on-going series, and Psychomachia is my current collaborative series. Each of these bodies of work explores the physical reality of my reverence for human potential. Pieces of Me frequently uses self as other as reoccurring content." - R.L. Gibson

In addition to producing her own work and work in collaboration with other artists, Gibson also runs ArtAndArtDeadlines.com, a fun and quirky, food-themed art blog that offers reviews of emerging artists, shows from great galleries, and FREE Art Deadlines and Calls for Entry as an artist's resource. www.rlgibson.com

To learn more about this artist or to purchase a piece of their work, contact the Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville at (865) 523-7543 or www.knoxalliance.com.