ABOUT GAYLE

I studied painting at the height of Abstract Expressionism in the 1960’s. My early impulses of cutting open my oil paint tubes and gluing them onto the canvas has stayed with me. I still enjoy using found objects and recycled materials in my artwork and interior design.

Through my years of designing interiors, I have found the process similar to painting. The composition of a space is the balancing of scale, shape, color, and texture just like on a canvas.

In mid-career I returned to painting, and earned an MFA in Painting and Printmaking from RISD. One professor there said, “I know you all can paint, but what do you have to say?”

Thus my paintings tell stories with current socio-political themes of environment, human rights, emotions and politics. I create them abstractly, juxtaposing the real with the imagined. I layer my archival photographs with the gestures of paint and various textures. I often write and erase text, mixing it with old ledger papers and handwriting of others. My process involves continual adding and editing, the story revealed and then partially veiled to engage in a “hide and seek dialogue” with the observer.