GAIL
THEIS
Gail was born in the Island of Grenada. She spent her early years travelling with her family. Living first in the Caribbean and the Bahamas and later, England and New York and Africa.
She attended Parsons School of Design in New York before returning to London. There she worked as graphic designer for Christies the auctioneers.
After raising a family she returned to study fine art firstly taking a diploma in Portraiture at Heatherley’s School of Art, followed by an MFA at UAL and the online drawing year at The Royal Drawing School.
Gail is a multi-disciplined figurative artist, she weaves shapes, colours and texture building layers of symbolism to develop a narrative in both her paintings and her fabric work.
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