About Gilda
Gilda’s flowers cover a dimension of wisdom. They are free from all subordination. They go far beyond the materialistic to question the essence, the breath itself in which their precarious equilibrium in maintained.
All her flowers intend to reveal themselves as metaphors – pink, red, purple – from the universe in which the pigments and chlorophyll hues are combined.
Gilda manages to make us appreciate the painting without forcing us to abandon the garden soil, which becomes a fragrance.
Daniel Castillo Durante
University of Ottawa
Gilda’s work is like a titillating kaleidoscope thought by an ancient Goddess.
It is that artistic talent, which explores diverse disciplines in search of her own essence. While she has gone from discovery to discovery, from the abstraction of pure feelings all the way to realistic representation and from the velvet touch of her paintings on silk, to the rich textures of oil; the artist follows the beauty of each day through the word, the line, the color and the idea, but most of all, through life itself.
To think of her, is to think of a tree blooming victoriously on a snowed field.
Teresa Dey
University of Mexico City
It has been my good fortune to know Gilda pontbriand for some years, and to have seen some of her most recent work. She displays, on each of her paintings, that great sense of romance and adventure that characterizes her.
She invites you into an area that combines reality with a flight into a joyful imaginary world.
Color is of great concern to Gilda, and one has to see her work rather than just talk about such magic. That great sense of adventure in her paintings makes them unique and puts them in a very special category.
Robert Hyndman
Ottawa School of Art
Gilda has grown as an artist through constant experimentation, confronting new challenges and venturing into different areas. In all of them, color is definitely the essential element.
Her art is a direct reflection of her soul. She represents the world around her; she is a very good observer. We could only look at her flowers to realize this. But as well as in the flowers or the Mayan glyphs, in the women-tree or in the most recent abstract series, she portrays her spirituality, her natural happiness and joy for life.
Esperanza Garrido, Director National Autonomous University of Mexico
(UNAM) Canada Campus
Gilda lived in Mexico the years that gave structure to her life and set the basis for her art. That is why her art is rooted in the Mexican style, although it is universal as well. A strong drawing combined with an ethereal softness in Gilda’s paintings as well as her simple and elegant composition make each piece a delight to the viewer.
The inflamed tones used on her flowers depict her feelings with ease, reflecting a vital necessity for colour and therefore her nostalgia, while the precise detail of her paintings evoke her obsession for perfection.