“In my work, a sense of place is captured by a clear definition of space and light. The paintings are a direct response to the process of observing nature, and often the same site is painted again with subtle shifts in the painting. Brushwork is impetuous and irregular to quickly record my first perceptions of the natural world. The tonalities and layered brushwork evoke fauna and flora embedded in almost a cubist structure. As the painting develops, my work aims to embody two paradoxical forces: the spirit of the fleeting moment and a definitive order of structure.”

Landscape is central to Ginger Levant’s work. Her paintings juxtapose human history as seen in local architecture with the wildness of the natural elements. She is inspired by these aspects of her surroundings and reacts to them visually by finding an underlying pictorial structure through rhythm, movement and infinite variations of patterns of light. Painting on location, these places are sometimes remote ¬– the Spanish Pyrenees, the hills of Tuscany, sometimes close by – New York City.

Levant received her B.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis and her M.F.A. from Queens College in New York. In 1984 she was awarded a Fulbright Hays Scholarship to Madrid, Spain. She teaches at Parsons School of Design in New York City and has had solo exhibitions at national and international galleries, universities and museums including The Washington Fine Arts Museum, The Alexandria Museum and The Charles Allis Museum to name a few. Residencies include the Yaddo Foundation, the Djerassi Foundation and the Altos De Chavon Foundation in the Dominican Republic among others. Levant has received numerous grants and fellowships, including two from the French Government and two from New York City University.

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