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Gaile Snow Gibbs
After twenty five years in advertising as an award winning Art Director and Creative Supervisor, Ms. Gibbs returned to her first artistic passion: portraiture.
Her art studies began at the age of 15 at the Art Students League of New York. Just one year later, while a student of painting with Jean Liberte, she was published in the Art Students League Catalogue. Her pursuit of a Fine Arts Degree led her to studies at DePauw University, Hunter College and the School of Visual Arts.
The next public appearance of her work was Off Broadway. Two portraits in oil of Dustin Hoffman were commissioned for the production of "Journey of the Fifth Horse" staged at the American Place Theater.
Recognition of her work continues. In 2001, Ms. Gibbs had pastels and oils accepted into the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Annual at the National Arts Club, the Grand National Exhibition of the American Artists Professional League, the Allied Artists of America Annual Open Exhibition and was published in Intemational Artist Magazine as an award winning member of the Salmagundi Art Club. Ms. Gibbs' paintings can be seen regularly at the Salmagundi Art Club member auctions and exhibitions.
Since studying with pastellists Americo DeFranza and Richard Pionk, painter Frank Mason and watercolorist Irwin Greenberg, Ms. Gibbs has received numerous awards for her pastel, oil and watercolor portraits. These awards have all come from juried competitions.
Ms. Gibbs is a life member of the Art Students League, an associate member of the Pastel Society of America and Allied Artists of America. She is an elected artist member of the American Artist Professional League, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club and the Salmagundi Art Club, the oldest professional art club in the United States.
Ms. Gibbs' work is in private collections in New York, Florida and Paris.
"Gaile's portraits seem wonderfully alive and accessible. The subtlety
of her pastel strokes is such that I was barely aware of the craftsmanship
involved. Instead, as I looked at each portrait, I kept thinking I'd like
to know this person.”
Review of Showcase Gallery one woman show ‘96.
“...[GSG], whose succulent paint surface and bravara brush work
were most appealing in a vibrant oil of a floral subject.”
Gallery & Studio October 2000
Awards
Art Students League: 1993, 94, 96, 97, 99, 00, 01, 02
Thomas E. Picard Award 1997 Salmagundi Art Club
Gary Dzubert Memorial Award 1998 Salmagundi Art Club
Margaret Dole Portrait Award 1998
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Schriever Memorial Award 1998
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Pastel Society of America 1998
American Artists Professional League
D. Bernhard Silver Medal Award 2000
Salmagundi Art Club
Honorable Mention 2000
American Artists Professional League
The Childe Hassem Memorial Award 2000
Salmagundi Art Club
Horse's Head Trophy for Best Painting 2001
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club
Edwin A. Abbey SCNY Award 2001
Salmagundi Fall Auction Exhibiton
D.Wu & Elsie Ject-Key Memorial Award 2002
Salmagundi Art Club
Group Shows
Art Students League, National Arts Club
Broome Street Gallery, National Academy of Design
Hudson Valley Art Association, Salmagundi Art Club
Clubs
Allied Artists of America - Associate Member
American Artists Professional League, Artist Equity
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, Salmagundi Art Club
Pastel Society of America - Associate Member
Education
Art Students League, DePauw University, Hunter College
National Academy of Design, School of Visual Arts
Contact
212 787-6266