Art
Gee (Gerald) Ryan Art Gallery [Photo by Will Salter, Mornington Peninsula, 2014.]
This was my (private) gallery on the Mornington Peninsula (near Melbourne), Victoria, Australia in 2014. I sold the gallery when I moved back to Melbourne in 2019.
Artist:
I have painted naturally since childhood and am primarily interested in the power of colour to celebrate the mysteries that surround us.
It is only since February 2015 that I have been publicly showing my art.
To date (April 2025), I have had four exhibitions .. in 2015 at Merricks House Art Gallery at Merricks General Wine Store, Merricks, Mornington Peninsula; in 2016 at Whitehill Gallery & Sapori di Casa Restaurant, Dromana, Mornington Peninsula; in 2017 again at Merricks House Art Gallery at Merricks General Wine Store; and in 2019 at Ridgecrest Private Gallery, Main Ridge, Mornington Peninsula.
My paintings reflect my central belief that, in order for humanity to achieve a peaceful and lasting future, each of us needs to live our life in accordance with two principles: love one another .. and .. care for our planet.
The three Masters who, in various ways, have had the greatest influence on me are in order: Leonardo da Vinci, Henri Matisse and Mark Rothko.
And the other Masters who have greatly influenced me are in order: Claude Monet, Edvard Munch, Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, Vincent van Gogh, Andy Warhol, Sir Sidney Nolan, JMW Turner and Amedeo Modigliani.
Love One Another Basin Series:
I am a very spiritual person. But I am not at all religious. The two are quite different! My paintings reflect my core spiritual belief in Jesus’s central commandment “love one another”.
Jesus gave His “love one another” commandment a total of FIVE times at the Last Supper, the night before He would be crucified – Gospel of John at John 13:34 (twice), John 13:35, John 15:12 and John 15:17. I interpret the meaning of “love one another” to be that Jesus was commanding that ALL of us must love ALL others including FUTURE others (for example, we must care for the environment that future generations will inherit).
My Love One Another Basin series of paintings shows my depiction of the basin in which Jesus washed the feet of his Disciples at the Last Supper, immediately prior to giving his “love one another” central commandment a total of FIVE times at the Last Supper - John 13:34 (twice), John 13:35, John 15:12 and John 15:17. See John 13:5 for the reference to the basin.
The aim of these Love One Another Basin paintings is to remind us of the commandment and the need to "love one another" ... that is, for ALL of us to love ALL others including FUTURE others (for example, we must care for the environment that future generations will inherit).
Below is one of the paintings from the series.
Love One Another Basin (in brilliant red oranges with greens and greys), Gee (Gerald) Ryan, 2016. Archival pigment inks and synthetic polymer paints on canvas. H 18 x W 24 inches (45.7 x 60.9 cm).
Love one another and care for our planet
Thursday 17 April 2025
Gee