Ginger Gilmour

From 1962 to 1966, Hasenbein studied at Wayne Memorial High School in Wayne, Michigan, and graduated cum laude.{{cite web|url=http://ginger-gilmour.artparks.co.uk/artpark_sculpture_sculptor_details.php?artistID=407&sculptor=ginger_gilmour|title=Ginger Gilmour Sculptor details|publisher=ArtParkS Sculpture Park|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-date=July 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711103757/http://ginger-gilmour.artparks.co.uk/artpark_sculpture_sculptor_details.php?artistID=407&sculptor=ginger_gilmour|url-status=dead}} She then undertook a two-year foundation course in chemical engineering and art at Michigan State University.

Hasenbein met David Gilmour in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in October 1971, while accompanying her then boyfriend backstage at a Pink Floyd concert.{{cite journal|last=Shewry|first=Brian|date=August 19, 2004|title=Ginger's quest is where angels are always pleased to tread|journal=Littlehampton Gazette|pages=31–32}} She described their meeting as "love at first sight", and they married on July 7, 1975 with the wedding reception held at Abbey Road Studios. The couple had four children: Alice (born 1976), Clare (born 1979), Sara (born 1981, now a fashion stylist{{cite web|url=http://www.neptunepinkfloyd.co.uk/gallery/main.php/v/OtherRelated/SaraGilmour|title=Sara Gilmour|work=Neptune Pink Floyd|access-date=July 15, 2011}}), and Matthew (born 1985).{{cite web|url=http://www.waldorfcritics.org/active/articles/TelegraphGilmour.html |title=Daily Telegraph Article: "We Don't Need No Steiner Education" |publisher=Waldorfcritics.org |access-date=January 19, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720235320/http://www.waldorfcritics.org/active/articles/TelegraphGilmour.html |archive-date=July 20, 2011}}

Hasenbein is depicted on the inner sleeve of Gilmour's 1978 eponymous first solo album. They separated during Pink Floyd's 1987–89 world tour and later divorced.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} She published a book about her life with him, Memoirs of the Bright Side of the Moon, in 2015.

Gilmour studied for eight years with the English artist Cecil Collins. She now works from her 15th-century farmhouse near Yapton, West Sussex,{{cite journal|date=August 23, 2006|title=Sculpture attack casts shadow over arts festival|journal=West Sussex Gazette|issue=7896}} where she has created several studios. A recurring theme in her work is angels. She also teaches art and a form of esoteric healing called 'Mental Colour Healing'. Her work has been exhibited in a number of galleries and other venues,{{cite web|url=http://www.gingerart.net/#/retrospective/4519769524|title=Ginger Art – retrospective|last=Gilmour|first=Ginger|access-date=July 15, 2011}} including Mall Galleries, London, Arundel Castle, and the German Embassy in London. She worked in partnership with California-based artists Dana Lynne Anderson and Annie Harrison under the 'Renowned Artist' brand.{{cite web|url=http://www.artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=17592&int_modo=1#.Ui9necZON8E|title=International Artists Herald A New Renaissance|date=October 26, 2006|access-date=September 10, 2013}} She has been commissioned to produce work for gardens at the Hampton Court Flower Show and Gardeners' World Live{{cite journal|date=June 2006|title=Wild Plants Steal the show|journal=Plantlife}} and has illustrated books by Phil Murray. As of July 2011, her 11-foot sculpture inspired by the Olympic Games is installed at Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5.{{cite web |url=http://www.heathrowairport.com/portal/page/Heathrow%5EGeneral%5EOur+business+and+community%5EMedia+centre%5EPress+releases%5EResults/7c20e6ea402a9210VgnVCM20000039821c0a____/a22889d8759a0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____/ |title=The Sky is the Limit at Heathrow Expo |date=July 7, 2010 |publisher=BAA |access-date=July 17, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914084314/http://www.heathrowairport.com/portal/page/Heathrow%5EGeneral%5EOur+business+and+community%5EMedia+centre%5EPress+releases%5EResults/7c20e6ea402a9210VgnVCM20000039821c0a____/a22889d8759a0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____/ |archive-date=September 14, 2010}}

Gilmour is a member of the Society of Women Artists. In June 2007, she received a British Red Cross Award for 'Services to Humanity'.{{cite web|url=http://www.tsg-uk.org/images/newsletters/HAward.jpg|title=Certificate|access-date=July 15, 2011|archive-date=September 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906090435/http://www.tsg-uk.org/images/newsletters/HAward.jpg|url-status=dead}}

• {{cite book|last=Gilmour |first=Ginger |author-mask=2 |title=Memoirs of the Bright Side of The Moon |year=2015 |publisher=Angelscript International LLP |isbn=978-0-9933023-0-5}}

Books illustrated by Gilmour:

• {{cite book |last=Murray |first=Phil |title=Before the Beginning is a Thought: True Basics of Real Success Through Natural Philosophy |date=August 1, 1994 |publisher=Perfect Words & Music Ltd |isbn=978-1-898716-10-5}}

{{Reflist}}

• [http://www.gingergilmour.co.uk/ Official website]
• [http://aoand.com/profile/gingergilmour Profile at 'Architects of a New Dawn']
• [http://aoand.com/video/inspirational-artwork-vision Video of artworks with comments by Gilmour] (and music by Matthew Gilmour)
• [http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22716/lot/8 Bonham's Lot number for 'Hope']

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