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From YouTube: Artist Interview: Courtney Giblin
Description
Though primarily a painter Courtney Giblin has expanded her practice into mixed media to create an outdoor piece called Token Of Hope. Her rainbow inspired work hopes to bring hope and lightness to those who see it as symbol for better times to come. Creative Neighborhoods: COVID-19 Work Projects was launched by the Office of Arts + Culture and Create Boulder: https://boulderarts.org/public-art/creative-neighborhoods/covid-19-work-projects/
A
So
my
name
is
courtney
giblin
and
I'm
a
visual
artist.
I
primarily
identify
as
a
painter,
but
I
enjoy
other
forms
of
creative
exploration.
I,
like
doing
multimedia,
just
starting
to
learn
ceramics.
I've
been
wanting
to
be
an
artist
since
I
think
the
age
of
six
or
seven-
and
I
studied
art
at
the
university
of
oregon
and
most
of
my
work,
I
would
say,
is
very
conceptual
in
nature
and
a
lot
of
it
explores
energy.
A
I
had
connected
with
another
local
artist
and
we
were
gonna,
do
a
studio
share
like
off
of
pearl
for
first
fridays,
boulder
arts
week
and
then
open
on
the
weekends
for
just
like
walk
through
traffic
and
open
studios,
and
obviously
that
has
not
been
happening.
So
it's
been
a
pretty
big
halt.
I
think
in
sales
everybody's
just
struggling
and
as
is
the
name
of
the
game
yeah,
so
I
decided
to
branch
out
of
like
anything
I've
ever
done
before.
A
I
did
a
giant
eight
foot
by
five
foot
outdoor
rainbow
weaving
installation,
and
I
think
that
I
ended
up
finding.
I
think,
as
a
lot
of
people
did
just
this
connection,
to
rainbow
as
a
symbolism
of
hope
and
light
and
energy,
spiritual
awakening
and
peace
and
all
that,
and
so
I
wanted
to
create
something
pretty
large
to
kind
of
spark
joy
and
bring
happiness
to
my
neighborhood.
A
So
the
piece
is
called
token
of
hope
and
I
I
guess
I
just
hope
that
it
inspires
acts
of
kindness
and
brings
that
light
and
connection
a
reminder
that
there's
good
times
to
come
and
it's
up
now
so
part
of
the
reason
I
installed
it
was
it's
also
coinciding
with
pride
month,
which
is
important
to
me.
So
I'm
excited
to
offer
a
big
rainbow
for
people,
and
then
I
also
just
thought
you
know
when
offering
something
to
the
community.
A
Is
it
my
community
in
my
neighborhood?
Could
it
be
all
of
boulder?
Could
it
be
the
community
of
like
social
media,
and
so
part
of
me
hopes
that
people
can
like
photograph
with
it?
It's
a
really
fun
playful
piece
and
bring
some
light
into
the
social
media
world
as
well.
I'd
like
to
just
say
thank
you.
A
I've
been
trying
to
get
to
boulder
for
a
long
time,
so
I
think
boulder
is
a
really
amazing
town
and
I
think
the
city
of
boulder,
creating
this
opportunity
for
for
creatives
is
such
an
amazing
idea
and
for
creatives
to
be
able
to
use
art
to
like
give
back
to.
The
community
is
just
a
beautiful
concept.