Gayle grew up watching the women of her family sew, decorate and pursue different types of crafting. Handiwork and crafts were always a part of her life, so it seemed natural to pursue the arts as a vocation even though it happened later in life. Gayle has made art museums of the world her study halls and loves to talk, teach, and think about art. She especially enjoys the medium of collage, it allows her to use everyday life in the form of paper scraps, advertising, text and ephemera to embed evidence of our culture directly into the art pieces she creates. She considers herself an experimental artist and in her Grand Junction studio is always asking “What will happen if I do this?”

She is a signature member of the Colorado Watercolor Society and the Western Federation of Watercolor Societies and the National Collage Society. She is also a founding member of the Rocky Mountain Collage Society. She teaches experimental mixed media classes at the Art Center in Grand Junction, CO and does contract workshops in creative processes. Her work has been in many national juried shows and featured in Kolaj Magazine, Watercolor Artist, GV magazine, Incite-The Best of Mixed Media and on the cover of the UNESCO World Heritage Forest Report for 2011. She shows her work in many venues statewide and her art is in many private and public collections.

 

Please visit www.gaylegerson.com to see her artwork and artistic resume.