Gina Litherland Selkie 2016 watercolor, gouache, and india ink on paper 11 1/2 x 15 inches
Gina Litherland Mantichora 2016 watercolor, gouache, and india ink on paper 11 x 15 inches
Gina Litherland Hyena 2016 watercolor, gouache, and india ink on paper 11 1/2 x 15 inches
Gina Litherland Dapple Grey 2016 watercolor, gouache, and india ink on paper 12 x 16 inches
Gina Litherland Spotted Goat in a Spotted Landscape 2016 watercolor, gouache, and india ink on paper 11 x 15 1/2 inches
Gina Litherland Opossum 2016 watercolor, gouache, and india ink on paper 12 x 15 1/2 inches
Gina Litherland Crow with Peanut 2016 watercolor, gouache, and india ink on paper 11 x 15 inches
Gina Litherland Bird Funeral 2015 oil on panel 16 x 24 inches
Gina Litherland The Fauna of Mirrors 2015 oil on panel 16 x 20 inches
Gina Litherland A Friendly Game 2015 oil on panel 20 x 24 inches
Gina Litherland Three Spinsters 2015 oil on panel 20 x 16 inches
Gina Litherland Housekeeping 2015 oil on panel 30 x 15 inches
Gina Litherland Melusine 2015 oil on panel 18 x 24 inches
Gina Litherland The Last Days of Werther 2014 oil on panel 18 x 24 inches
Gina Litherland Several Winds Sweep Down 2013 watercolor, gouache, pastel, and india ink on paper 12 x 9 inches
Gina Litherland Tea Leaf Reading 2014 oil on panel 11 3/4 x 9 1/8 inches
Gina Litherland In Bloom (for Marosa di Giorgio) 2012 oil on Masonite 14 x 11 inches
Gina Litherland Anne and Emily Brontë Escape from Glass Town 2014 oil on panel 18 x 24 inches
Gina Litherland Conversations with a Cat 2014 oil on panel 18 x 24 inches
Gina Litherland After the Deluge 2013 oil on Masonite 10 x 8 inches
Gina Litherland The Unknown Room 2014 oil on panel 24 x 18 inches
Gina Litherland Terre Verte 2013 oil on panel 24 x 24 inches
Gina Litherland Vernal Equinox 2013 watercolor, gouache, pastel, and india ink on paper 9 x 12 inches
Gina Litherland Retrospective Pleasures 2013 watercolor, gouache, pastel, and india ink on paper 9 x 12 inches
Gina Litherland Seraphine 2013 oil on Masonite 20 x 16 inches
Gina Litherland Queen Mab 2009 oil on masonite 10 x 8 inches
Gina Litherland The Murmur of Pearls 2009 oil on masonite 8 x 6 inches
Gina Litherland The Reason for the Unreason (Don Quixote) 2012 oil on Masonite 20 x 16 inches
Gina Litherland Don Juan in the Underworld 2012 oil on Masonite 30 x 24 inches
Gina Litherland The Floppy Boot Stomp (for Don Van Vliet) 2012 oil on Masonite 30 x 24 inches
Gina Litherland Lupercalia 2011 oil on Masonite 24 x 30 inches
Gina Litherland Wolf Alice (for Angela Carter) 2011 oil on Masonite 12 x 9 inches
Gina Litherland Little Red Cap 2011 oil on Masonite 18 x 24 inches
Gina Litherland Crossing an Iced-Over Stream 2011 oil on Masonite 29 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches
Gina Litherland Jerry-go-nimble 2009 oil on Masonite 8 x 6 inches
Gina Litherland The Book 2009 oil on masonite 8 x 6 inches
Gina Litherland Don Juan in the Wilderness 2008 oil on masonite 24 x 22 inches
Gina Litherland Scholar of the Dark Armchair 2008 oil on masonite 20 x 16 inches
Gina Litherland Seven Sisters 2008 oil on masonite 18 x 13 inches
Gina Litherland Good Luck Painting 2007 oil on masonite 15 x 11 inches
Gina Litherland Owl’s Net 2007 oil on masonite 12 x 10 inches
Gina Litherland The Strayaway Child 2003 watercolor and gouache on paper 12 x 9 inches
Gina Litherland The Song of Her Heart’s Desire 2003 watercolor and gouache on paper 12 x 9 inches
Gina Litherland Daemon Roses 2004 oil on masonite 16 x 12 inches
Gina Litherland Queen of an Uncharted Territory 2008 oil on masonite 10 x 30 inches
Gina Litherland Don Juan in Hell 2009 oil on masonite 8 x 6 inches
Gina Litherland Enigmatic Stranger 2007 oil on masonite 24 x 18 inches
Gina Litherland Jerry-go-nimble 2009 oil on masonite panel size: 8 x 6 inches framed size: 8 3/4 x 6 3/4 inches
Gina Litherland Path of Needles 2009 oil on masonite 18 x 13 inches
Gina Litherland Queen On a Slope 2009 oil on masonite 20 x 16 inches
Exhibitions:
Unknown Rooms (2016)
In the Realm of Innocents (2015)
The Reason for the Unreason (2013)
The Murmur of Pearls (2009)
Recent Paintings (2007)
Curriculum Vitae
News + Events
Gina Litherland: In the Realm of Innocents, at Crossman Gallery (2015)
Catalogs:
Gina Litherland: Unknown Rooms
Gina Litherland: The Reason for the Unreason
Gina Litherland: The Murmur of Pearls
Gina Litherland: Recent Paintings
The Hysterical Alphabet
BIO
b. 1955 Lives and works in Wisconsin. In her magnificently detailed and inventive paintings, Gina Litherland extends a tradition of Midwest surrealism and magic realism that stretches back to the ’30s and ’40s and the work of Gertrude Abercrombie, Sylvia Fein, Julia Thecla and John Wilde. Born in Gary, Indiana, Litherland has been active in the visual arts since the mid 1970s, exploring photography, performance, and painting. From 1979 to 1982 she participated in weekly experimental multimedia performances at the Emergency Theatre in Chicago. Long a resident of Chicago, she studied painting at the School of the Art Institute, and her paintings, drawings, and articles have been published worldwide in journals and periodicals associated with the international surrealist movement. Her essay on the connections between creative activity and the natural world, “Imagination & Wilderness,” appeared in Surrealist Women: An International Anthology, published by University of Texas Press. Litherland’s recent work was the subject of a museum exhibition at the James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters in Madison in 2006.