Gillead Limor

Gillead Limor works primarily with acrylics to explore the nuanced space between impressionist, surreal, and abstract visual languages. Each of these approaches offers a distinct way of storytelling: impressionism communicates through subject, composition, and motion; abstraction through colour, shape, and texture; and surrealism through imagined, otherworldly scenes that exist outside of everyday experience. Limor often blurs the lines between these styles, weaving elements of all three into individual works that invite viewers to engage imaginatively and complete the narrative for themselves.

He values acrylics for their versatility—a medium that bridges the precision of oil painting with the fluid spontaneity of watercolour. This flexibility allows him to incorporate a variety of materials, tools, and techniques, enriching the surface with texture and depth. In his abstract pieces, Limor frequently employs a broad palette and intricate mark-making, occasionally introducing metallic paints such as copper, bronze, and gold to emphasize focal points. His paintings are built up in multiple layers using brushes, sponges, and palette knives, resulting in richly textured, multi-dimensional imagery.