Gail Weir
Artist’s Statement
Once I started on the path of becoming a painter so much in my life finally made sense; the way I had always looked at the world—at faces, light, shadow, shapes, color. The tactile experience of a brush, a painting knife or fingers in contact with paint—it makes me feel alive and in touch with my humanity.
I aspire for my work to be increasingly about both imagery and the materiality of paint itself. I enjoy working directly from life as well as drawing upon my memory and imagination while painting.
Biography
Gail Weir was born in California and moved to Washington state as a child. She started drawing at an early age and began doing freelance illustration as a teenager. After discovering that working as a commercial artist made her feel like a round peg fitting into a square hole, Gail began studying to become a painter. Gail has exhibited her paintings in galleries throughout the Northwest since 2001. She lives with her painter husband, Joseph Lesser, and their four cats on the Kitsap Peninsula.
Arts Education
Apprenticeship with Joseph Lesser; 1997-2000
Seattle Academy of Fine Art, Seattle, WA; 1995-1997
BA, Western Washington University. Major: Illustration; 1989
General Education
BA, Western Washington University. Major: History / Minor: Creative Writing; 1983
Teaching Experience
Drawing & Painting at the Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle; 2005
Private Lessons, Bremerton; 2004-2005
Atelier J Art School, Seattle; 2002-2004
Shows
Brackenwood Gallery, Langley WA; Nov/Dec 2010
Featured Artist, Brackenwood Gallery; March 2011
Scott Milo Gallery, Anacortes, WA; June 2009
Solo Show, North Hill Bakery, Seattle, WA; Nov 2008
Scott Milo Gallery; July 2007
Gaskill-Olson Gallery, Langley, WA; Aug 2006
Scott Milo Gallery; June/July 2006
Scott Milo Gallery; Nov 2005
Gaskill-Olson Gallery; April 2005
Scott Milo Gallery; Dec 2004/Jan 2005
Featured Artist, Scott Milo Gallery; Aug/Sept 2004
Blue-Heron Gallery, Vashon Island, WA; July 2002
Gaskill-Olson Gallery; March 2002
Exhibitions/Awards
Cover Artist, Daniel Smith Art Supply Winter Catalog 2010/2011
“Best of Show”, North Kitsap Arts and Crafts Show; 2001″
Merit Award”, Art Port Towsend Juried Art Show; 2001