Short Bio
Gail Allen is a trained, multitalented mid-career symbolic, representational fine artist who lives and works in New Hampshire, USA. She has won numerous awards in juried exhibitions.
Statement
As a lifelong gardener and outdoor enthusiast, she believe our connection to nature is fundamental to our health, wellbeing and our understanding of who we are. Her representational paintings and drawings reflect upon to our current societal relationship to the environment we live in. They are often large and meant to encompass the viewer, taking them on a journey which brings them up close and personal with nature's elements.
Her current, newest series of surrealistic figural paintings is based upon her life experiences, using her personal symbolism, as it interpreted from many diverse cultures. These often also incorporate natural elements.
Biography
The painter Gail Allen is a mid career artist who lives and works in NewHampshire, USA. She was born and raised in a small town in western Massachusetts. She attended Paier College of Art trained as an illustrator and painter. Subsequently, she moved to the Boston, Massachusetts area and began an early career as a graphic designer, all the while painting and honing her fine art and figurative studies. After raising a family of three creative young men, she returned to working full time as a fine art painter. Her paintings have been in juried shows throughout New England, as well as online juried exhibitions. The paintings are collected by clients throughout the United States.
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