Lot 14:

Gail Short "An Okanagan Jungle" Original Acrylic painting on Canvas. FMV $300

Gail Short

Fair Market Value of $300. Gail Short original acrylic painting on canvas. Titled "An Okanagan Jungle". 20×16.

Gail Short Connection with Sveva:

Short has fascinating stories of her friendship with a trifecta of powerful North Okanagan female artists: Sveva Caetani, Frances Hatfield and Joan Heriot.

"I have been fascinated with painting ever since I can remember. I was raised in Montreal and enjoyed all manner of interesting art. However, as art was not part of the general curriculum at school and my efforts at home didn’t please me, I assumed that I didn’t have any talent and I became a bacteriologist!

In 1987 when my children had grown up and left home, I took a beginner’s watercolour course in White Rock – just for fun. I loved it. I have been taking and teaching courses ever since. Painting has become an integral part of my life. I am interested in many forms of art but personally, I like to focus on the beauty of the world around me."

Gail was also a founding member of the North Okanagan Federation of Canadian Artists in the early 1990s.

Short paints plein aire in the spring and summer . As an artist, she has tried every medium and technique associated with 2-D art: acrylic, oil, watercolour, collage, pastels, printmaking, charcoal and graphite drawing. She is inspired by flowers, mountains, beaches, trees and every season in nature.

Measurement: 16 x 20 IN

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