A native of Philadelphia, Gail attended Tyler School of Art (Temple University) on full scholarship,
graduating with a BFA and certification in education. Subsequently, she earned an MA ed and 60 graduate credits from Arcadia University. The first part of her professional career was spent as a teacher of art to young students. In recent years, she has been fully focused on making and exhibiting her own art. Her award winning paintings have been exhibited both regionally and nationally in virtual and physical exhibitions. Gail has been fortunate to have traveled extensively domestically and internationally. Extended stays in South East Asia and two year sojourn in Italy, have opened her mind to alternate visions of the world, adding depth to her work and allowing new creative impulses to further her continuing journey as a painter.
Putting into practice the inventive openness and lack of inhibition that she observed in her students, Gail recently adopted the mantra “Don’t think, just paint!”permitting her heart and her psyche to direct her hand and eye, yielding an unfiltered direct emotional response to ideas in moods ranging from lighthearted and playful to strong and bold. She is, primarily and abstract painter, although a friend once described her as “six artists rolled into one” as she transcribes the many subjects and ideas that fascinate her onto canvas and paper. Her recent work, inspired by the unobstructed sky views from her apartment balcony has been focused on natural phenomena Gail uses traditional and non-traditional tools for varied methods of paint application to create a color driven body of work that asks the viewer to contemplate: “Am I seeing something that could be described as aesthetic violence? Or do these works portray a breakthrough into some imagined space beyond the surface of the canvas?” The viewer is invited to embark on a visual journey with Gail while getting lost in color driven moods of the moment