Gayle Wheatley's Artist Catalog

the art of GAYLE WHEATLEY

Artwork © 2006-2011, Gayle Wheatley. All rights reserved.

Table of Contents Iceland Abstracted Series.................................................

Iceland Abstracted Price List...............................................

Emotional Landscapes Series..........................................

Emotional Landscapes Price List.........................................

Artist Resume....................................................................

Biography...........................................................................

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Artist StatementSeveral years back I discovered I have grapheme–color synesthesia, an involuntary process by which the brain utilizes color as a primary means of association and organization of concepts. For as long as I can remember I have always seen the world as combinations of colors. Letters, numbers, words, names: these are all mapped out in my mind within specific color matrices. This unconscious color instinct has always driven my art, but it also extends into other creative realms.

Many of my paintings begin with poems. Functioning like sketches, my poems are lyrical abstractions of specific memories, emotions, and experiences, which form the basis of my paintings through deliberate juxtapositions and exaggerations of ingrained color choices. Utilizing the rhythm and meter of words to draw meaning from complex color associations, my poems are the first step towards visually translating the essence of ideas into something tangible.

Obsessed with travel and a need to capture the spirit of places and moments, my paintings often feature elaborate organic forms drawn from botanic, marine, and animal references. These images, collected from far-flung corners of the world, are transformed in my imagination then merged with my initial poetic abstractions to become otherworldly forms and surreal dreamscapes.

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Price List: Iceland Abstracted

1 “Iceland Abstracted, #1” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 14 x 11 inches $1,495


3 “Iceland Abstracted, #3 (Hestur)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $695

4 “Iceland Abstracted, #4 (Akureyri)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $695

5 “Iceland Abstracted, #5” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $695


7 “Iceland Abstracted, #7 (Myvatn)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 8 x 5 inches $695

8 “Iceland Abstracted, #8” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5.5 x 7 inches $695


10 “Iceland Abstracted, #10 (Winter Crawl)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $695

11 “Iceland Abstracted, #11 (Sticky Maze)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 8 x 5 inches $595






17 “Iceland Abstracted, #17 Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $595




20 “Iceland Abstracted, #20 (The Flowering)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $695

21 “Iceland Abstracted, #21 Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $695

22 “Iceland Abstracted, #22 (Moss Spill)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 8 x 5 inches $695



25 “Iceland Abstracted, #25” (In the Forest)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 7 x 5.5 inches $595

26 “Iceland Abstracted, #26” (Technicolor Veins)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 8 x 5 inches $595


28 “Iceland Abstracted, #28 (Holiday Flowing Wreath)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $595

29 “Iceland Abstracted, #29 (Twizzle and Fizz)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $595


31 “Iceland Abstracted, #31” (Sun Storm)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $595

32 “Iceland Abstracted, #32 (Bowl of Ocean)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $595




36 “Iceland Abstracted, #36 (Ancient Chemistry)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $695


38 “Iceland Abstracted, #38 (Vik)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $595

39 “Iceland Abstracted, #39 (Reykjavik)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $595


41 “Iceland Abstracted, #41” (Yellow Roses)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches SOLD

42 “Iceland Abstracted, #42 (Jokulsarlon)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 8 x 5 inches $595




46 “Iceland Abstracted, #46” (Imperial Clouds) Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 5 x 8 inches $595

47 “Iceland Abstracted, #47 (Krafla)” Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 8 x 5 inches $695

48 “Iceland Abstracted, #48 (The Mermaid’s Wineglasses) Watercolor on Paper (unframed) 8 x 5 inches SOLD


Emotional Landscapes SeriesI’ve always felt a pull towards abstraction throughout each series of work I paint. For Emotional Landscapes, I had just completed dozens of still lifes and landscapes and wanted to build upon my landscape paintings in order to create abstract compositions drawn from fragments of poems, sketches, memories, and dreams. In these paintings I wanted to bind emotions with tangible forms of expression using color psychology, kinetic storytelling, and textural experimentation.

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Price List: Emotional Landscapes Series

49 “Marina del Rey” Oil on Canvas 20 x 16 inches $1,795

50 “Wonder Woman” Oil on Canvas 9 x 12 inches SOLD

51 “Windswept” Oil on Canvas 12 x 9 inches SOLD

52 “The Dancer” Oil on Canvas 9 x 12 inches $995

53 “Underwater Slumber” Oil on Canvas 9 x 12 inches SOLD

54 “Fiery Fist” Oil on Canvas 10 x 8 inches $850

55 “Yin Wrestling Yang” Oil on Canvas 10 x 8 inches $850

56 “Delicate Bruises” Oil on Canvas 8 x 6 inches $750

57 “Melting Suns” Oil on Canvas 8 x 6 inches $750

58 “Entangle” Oil on Canvas 9 x 12 inches $995

59 “Intuitive Currents” Oil on Canvas 9 x 12 inches $995

60 “Brain Flow” Oil on Canvas 9 x 12 inches $1,195

61 “In the Pink” Oil on Canvas 12 x 9 inches $1,195

62 “Chi of Bruce Lee” Oil on Canvas 12 x 9 inches $995

63 “Pulse” Oil on Canvas 8 x 6 inches $595

64 “Wild Blooms” Oil on Canvas 8 x 6 inches $750

65 “The Killers” Oil on Canvas 9 x 12 inches $995

66 “Sea Creatures of Saint Lucia” Oil on Canvas 9 x 12 inches $995

67 “9” Oil on Canvas 8 x 6 inches $595

68 “Tree Song” Oil on Canvas 9 x 12 inches $1,195


Exhibitions Selected Solo Exhibitions

Blush, icandy, Los Angeles, California, April 2006

Body Kanji, Gallery Yusuian, Osaka, Japan, May 2003

Selected Group Exhibitions

Portfolio of Creative Work 4, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, California, May 2011


Beautiful Grim Art Auction, San Francisco, California, Spring 2010


Over Hung 2008, Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, California, December 2008

Portfolio of Creative Work, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, California, April-May 2008

The Bird Show, Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, California, January-February 2008

Tiny Treasures, Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, California, December 2007-January 2008

Exceedingly Way Too Over Hung, Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, California, December 2007

Way Too Over Hung, Concrete Walls Gallery, Los Angeles, California, December 2006

Degreez of Environment, Gallery Fujihara, Osaka, Japan, January 2003

Calibre Contemporary Art Space, Osaka, Japan, August 2002

Organics in an Industrial World, Gallery Midosuji, Osaka, Japan, July 2002

Confessions, Howard A. White Center, Malibu, California, March 2000

Estate ‘99, SACI Gallery, Florence, Italy, July 1999


Selected Collections

Taisho, Public collection of Osaka Municipal College of Acupuncture & Massage

Lonely Tree, Private collection of Susan and Anthony Maddela

The Queen’s Legs, Private collection of Chris Liu

Jellyfish Dance, Private collection of Ryan and Mary Radford

Awakened Duck, Private collection of Kathlin Carmean

Belly, Private collection of Ramona Laguna

Belly in Blue, Private collection of Jane Crulci

Fingers over Knees, Private collection of Eric Collins

Portrait of Björk, Private collection of Masaaki Tadakoshi

Rain Wilderness of Me, Private collection of Liz Oakes

Monster Sushi, Private collection of Michelle Ng

LA Woman, Private collection of Kelly Frasco

Lemonade, 5 Brides, Fiery Sunset, Private collection of Anne and Mike Jansen

Malibu, Private collection of Ken and Marcia Wilks

The Happy Storm, Private collection of Roger Yang

Fire Wilderness of Me, Private collection of Orin Thompson

Starfish, Private collection of Mason Adams

Warszawa Rose, Private collection of Irene Gin

Underwater Slumber, Private collection of Sarah Fisher

Published Work Cover art for Night Terrors, a novel by Larenda Roberts, 2011

Billabong, surfboard art (featured artist), 2011

Pepperdine University, illustrations, 2007-2011

Wedding Venues & Services magazine, illustrations, 2009

Lime.com, featured artist, 2009

Southern Bride magazine, illustrations, 2009, 2008, 2007

Kartika Review, featured artist, 2008, 2007

Colleague magazine, illustrations, 2008

Bratz Dolls (MGA Entertainment), illustrations, 2006, 2005

Whole Life Times, illustrations, 2010, 2006, 2005

Natural Health magazine, illustrations, 2005

Euphorix magazine, illustrations, 2005

Kansai Scene magazine, illustrations, 2003, 2002

Tokyo Scene magazine, illustrations, 2003, 2002

WestsideMomma.com, illustrations, 2002, 2001

Teen magazine, illustrations, 2000

Expressionist magazine, featured artist, 2000

The Graphic, illustrations, 1998-2000


Selected Commissions Billabong, MK1, The Lucky, The Good Fortune Society,

Jules Cage Adventure Series Picture Books, Peter the Polar

Bear Picture Books, Posterlounge Germany, and CaliRox

Jewelers.

Publications and Reviews

Sweet Station, featured artist

Sustainable Sushi, featured artist:

The Art of Sushi: Fish, Life, and Gayle Wheatley

twenty2wo blog, featured artist

Kartika Review, featured artist

The Illustration Times, featured artist

Amateur Illustrator, featured artist

News from the Other Side, featured artist

Kansai Scene, featured artist

WestsideMomma, featured artist

Travel Asia: China, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea,

Taiwan, & Thailand.

Europe: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France,

Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Poland, San

Marino, Spain, Switzerland, & the Netherlands.

Americas: USA, St. Lucia, Mexico, & Canada.

Africa: Morocco.

Residencies: Italy (1997, 1999), Japan (2001-2003)

Grants and Awards

Selected Member of the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles

CASE District VII Award recipient, bronze in the category of

Visual Identity Systems, 2011

HOW Design Award recipient, 2008

Member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators

Member of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)

University of California Grant Recipient

Santa Barbara Foundation Scholarship Recipient

Pepperdine University Scholarship Recipient

Selected artist for the SACI Program

Journalism Fellowship Recipient

Education

University of California, Santa Barbara

Graduate coursework in Art Education, 2004-2005

Pepperdine University, Malibu, California

B.A. Journalism, Art, 1996-2000

Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy

Drawing, Painting, 1999

Born

Santa Barbara, California

Contact Information [email protected]

www.GayleWheatley.com


Biography Gayle Wheatley is a professional painter and illustrator who specializes in fun, fashionable, and irresistibly glamorous illustrations and vibrant, dream-like, and delightfully textured paintings. Her artwork is heavily influenced by mythology, and her many globe trekking adventures. Gayle has created work for clients such as Natural Health magazine, Teen magazine, Bratz Dolls, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Southern Bride Magazine, Pepperdine University, Whole Life Times, Tokyo and Kansai Scene magazines, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Santa Barbara

Museum of Art, just to name a few. She is an accomplished painter and illustrator whose work has been published in

countless magazines and publications worldwide. Her art has also been exhibited in museums and galleries across

the United States, Europe, and Asia, and can be found in numerous private collections around the globe.

Painting since age 5, Gayle later studied fine art at both Pepperdine University and the prestigious Studio Art Centers

International in Florence, Italy. She went on to teach art for several years in Japan and California after completing

graduate coursework in art education from the University of California at Santa Barbara. A prolific painter with a

massive body of work, Gayle recently completed the Daily Paintress project, where she painted over 100 paintings in

10 months. She has lived abroad in both Italy and Japan, and has traveled extensively throughout Europe and Asia. She currently maintains a studio in Los Angeles.

Contact the ArtistStudio of Gayle Wheatley

Los Angeles, California

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www.GayleWheatley.com

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