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Jylian Gustlin is a native Californian and grew
up in the San Francisco bay area. She has
been shaped by the technology explosion of
Silicon Valley and her art reflects her in-depth
knowledge of that technology.
“I knew that if I finished, I would never make
art” is how Jylian Gustlin explains leaving
college one semester short of a degree in
computer science and mathematics to
attend the Academy of Art College, San
Francisco. After completing her BFA, Jylian
fused her understanding of computers and
her passion for art to became a graphics
programmer for Apple Computer, Inc. Now,
Jylian uniquely combines the effects of
modern technology with traditional
techniques. While painting in acrylic and oil
paints, her artwork often conveys the same
complex layered effects possible in computer
programs such as Adobe Photoshop and
Illustrator. Just as she challenged the creative
limitations of the latest computer software,
Gustlin experiments with a variety of materials
to discover their effects. Working with two-part
epoxy resin, oil and acrylic paints, charcoal,
wax, gold leaf, pastel and graphite on board,
Gustlin draws, paints, scratches on her surfaces.
Figures have always been an important part
of Gustlin’s repertoire. Her characters are
frequently set in an alien-like landscape,
moody and brooding, yet at the same time,
depicting a sense of future. Jylian has been
influenced by a lifelong love of the Bay Area
Figurative artists.
For the last two years, Jylian has been working
on a series of paintings, both abstract and
representational, that are based on the
Fibonacci mathematical theories. The
Fibonacci mathematical theory is based on
the numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and so on.
Fibonacci mathematical calculations create
rectangles and shell spirals based on the
incrementally increasing numbers. She is also
exploring the relationship of Fibonacci
numbers to the petals on flowers and how to
use these ideas in paintings as well as the
relationship of Fibonacci to musical scales
and how the 5-tone scale, 8-tone scale,
and 13-tone scale. She continues to explore
science and mathematics and how it
intersects with the arts.
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