About the Artist
Gail Morrison began painting in Italy. Gaia is the Italian translation of the artist's first name and is the signature on all of her work.
Passionate about painting, Gail's oil landscape and still life paintings exude a vibrancy and color characteristic of the artist's life and personality.
A world traveler with exploration on all seven continents, she fell in love with Italy and the Italian way of life on her first extended stay in 1989, returning to live and study language in Florence. Proficient in Italian and marketing, Gail lived on the Ligurian coast fulfilling a yearlong contract with the Acquario di Genova before joining an international group of artists in Tuscany.
"The experience of painting from a studio created above a cantina where aging Chianti wine was being stored is a memory that will last forever," Gail recalls. "Standing on a hilltop in Tuscany, I can rotate my easel 360 degrees and paint from sun up till sundown. Then I have a great glass of Italian wine."
Since switching careers in 1992, she has been the recipient of numerous awards and solo shows. Her work, shown in the United States, France and Italy, hangs in private and corporate collections around the world.
You may visit Gail Morrison's art studio and gallery (pictured above) at the Pendleton Art Center on the Final Friday of every month from 6-10 p.m. Also open by appointment. Call 513.684.0658.
Commissions and speaking engagements welcomed.
Artist Biography
Birthplace:
New Britain, CT
Education:
Colby Sawyer College
New London, NH
Independent Study: School of the Art Institute of Florence, ITALY; Vermont Studio Center; School of the Art Institute of Chicago – OxBow; Wolf Kahn, Bernie Chaet, Dan Gustin, Kim English, David A. Leffel, Jeff Legg.
Awards/Honors:
2010 Best of Show, Woman's Art Club of Cincinnati.
2009 Finalist Winner, Portrait.
26th Annual Art Competition, The Artist's Magazine.
2007 Selected Artist for TOMBOLA, Exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum
2005 Award Winner, Viewpoint Cincinnati Art Club
2005 Award Winner, Wilmington Art Association
2004 Finalist Winner, Still Life.
21st Annual Art Competition, The Artist's Magazine.
1995-1998 Trustee, Vermont Studio Center
1997 Masterworks 53, White Ribbon
1994 Blue Ribbon, Annual Exhibition Cincinnati Art Academy
1993 Blue Ribbon, Viewpoint Cincinnati Art Club
Selected Exhibitions:
2010 Viewpoint, Juried Show, Cincinnati Art Club
2010 Oil Painters of America, Juried Show, Wilmington, NC
2009 The Art District by allen david GALLERY, Boothbay, ME
2009 English Traditions, Naples, FL
2009 BRAF Gallery, Boothbay, ME
2009 English Traditions, Cincinnati, OH
2008 BRAF Gallery, Boothbay, ME
2008 English Traditions, Cincinnati, OH
2008 5th Street Gallery, Wine Art, Cincinnati, OH
2007-08 Indian Hill Show, Cincinnati, OH
2007 Viewpoint, Juried Show, Cincinnati Art Club
2007-08 Art Works, Cincinnati, OH
2007 Cincinnati Horticultural Society, Juried Show
2007 Cincinnati Art Gallery, Paul Ashbrook & Friends, Juried Show
2007 Oil Painters of America, Juried Show, Naples, FL
2006 Closson's Gallery, Cincinnati Blooms
2005 Closson's Gallery, Landscapes Far & Near
2005 Closson's Gallery, Embracing the Light.
2004 Closson's, Phyllis J. Weston Gallery
2003 Solo Show, From Italy With Love. Closson's,
Phyllis J. Weston Art Gallery
2002 Closson's Art Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1999-2001 Anamart Gallery, Napierville, IL
1997 En Plein Air, St. Remy, FRANCE
1997 American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, NYC
1995 Solo Show, ITALIA, Schaff Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1994 Salon International, Jackson, MI
1994 Solo Show, Raymond Gallery Hyde Park, OH
1993-2001 Viewpoint Cincinnati Art Club, Cincinnati, OH
Press/Publications:
2009 Best of America Oil Artists Volume II, Kennedy Publications
2009 Ohio Magazine "An Artist at Heart"
2008-09 Featured Artist, including Catalog cover,
Parker Villas: Undiscovered Italy
2006 Stevenson The Color Company, Calendar Artist
2004 Juried Contributor, How Did You Paint That, 100 Ways to Paint Flowers
and Gardens. International Artist Publishing, Inc.
2004 Regional Editor, Plein-Air Magazine
2003 Inspire Cincinnati "The Magic on The Pendleton"
2003 Watercolor Magic "The Artist Needs But A Roof"
2002 Artist's Sketchbook "A Room of Your Own"
2001 En Plein Air "Art Excursions in Europe"
2000 LSSI News "Featured Artist: Gail Morrison" Little St. Simon's Island
2000 Cincinnati Magazine "The Unexpected Life" an 8-page photo essay
2000 WCPO-TV Around the House
2000, 1995 & 1994 Downtowner
1999 & 1996 WCPO-TV Hometown
1993 WKRC-TV "Gail Morrison: Starting Over"
Corporate Collections:
The Parker Company, Lynn, MA
Keating, Muething, Klekemp, OH
Cincinnati Financial Corporation, OH
St. Francis Hospital, OH
Little St. Simon's Island Corporation, GA
Azienda Agricola - il Manzolo, ITALY
Associazione de Tourismo, ITALY
Affiliations / Memberships
Oil Painters of America
American Impressionist Society
Cincinnati Art Club
Plein Air Painters of Maine
Boothbay Regional Artists Foundation
Galleries:
Studio 609
Pendleton Art Center
Cincinnati, OH
BRAF Gallery
Boothbay, ME
Sheldon Fine Art
Naples, FL and Newport, RI