The broken brush strokes, bright colors and skewed perspectives in Hope Gangloff’s paintings not only suggest van Gogh, but also carry traces of Edgar Degas and Mary Cassatt. Ms. Gangloff’s acrylic flat surfaces, however, look as if they’ve been drawn with felt pens, and her electric colors have the backlit brightness of liquid crystal displays.

NY Times, June 5, Schwendener

These intensely rendered portraits, tell a story, catch details to let us know more about these individuals. A style I would like to explore, making a portrait that is more than just a representation of the visual and becomes a representation of the personality.