Hope Grayson is a figurative painter from New York. Her work focuses on two major themes: the power of femininity, and the need for human adornment and design.

Discovering the repetitiveness of design from pre-history to the present, often appearing in unexpected geographic locations, provides endless surprise and pleasure for Hope. She is drawn to the applied and decorative arts, architecture, and tribal and untutored designs.

These historical echoes are embedded into her painting’s conversations. The expressions of power through gender relations, particularly in public settings, are pivotal to Hope’s art. Both sides of feminine power are in focus: female to female and female to male. While youth and beauty are traditional roots of control, such interpretations are slowly being challenged by the aging of the baby-boomer generation. Power and its tools have begun to change, and Hope’s paintings aim to subtly reveal the pushback against time that Hope has experienced.

Hope’s art centers on body language as private communication to capture female collegiality, rivalry, and male-female interactions. Her paint palette is intense, with historical and contemporary color combinations. Her surface texture includes traditional components of embroidery and antique elements of marquisite and gold leaf to effect a complex atmosphere in which human drama plays out.

Hope explores conventional and abstract forms on canvas, metal, and paper. Her work has been shown in the US and internationally. Her pieces are part of many private and corporate collections, including the permanent collection of the Nassau Museum of Fine Arts, NY.