Gail Lehman was born in New York City and spent her childhood and young adult years on the East coast.

Although her major during her years at Cornell University and Harvard University was Government, her fascination with design led her to The New York School of Interior Design and the completion of their graduate design program. Subsequently, she moved to the West coast and in Los Angeles worked for three major International Design firms before relocation to the Monterey Peninsula and striking out on her own. She successfully designed two and one half million square feet of commercial office space, hospitals and schools and was three times the winner of prestigious International Design awards including “The Prix de Femmes International” award. Her work has been featured in “The International Compendium of Women in Design International”.

In 2000, she fulfilled a long delayed commitment to devote herself full-time to study painting and through many classes at the college level, personal instruction with some of the Peninsula’s renowned Artists and many workshops, both on the Monterey Peninsula and in France. She has energized her canvases with a great luminosity and sophistication.

In her stylistic progression from traditional still life composition and figure painting to abstract and figurative expressionism, she has emerged an artist of merit. Her work has been acquired by collectors in San Francisco, Berkeley, San Jose, Napa, Idaho, The Monterey Peninsula, New York, Paris and London.

CURRENT AND PAST SHOWS

Monterey Museum of Art, Museum Store, 2012, 2013
Monterey Museum of Art, Miniatures Exhibit  2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
Santana Row, San Jose Solo Show October, 2011 Artist of the month
Sylvan Gallery, Sand City Juried Show 2009
Sylvan Gallery Solo Show 2010
The Pacific Grove Art Center 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
The Central Coast Art Association 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
The Sunset Center Bach Festival, Carmel 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
Artists Equity Open Studios Monterey Peninsula 2011
Central Coast Art Association Juried Show 2010, 2011

ORGANIZATIONS
Central Coast Art Association
International Society of Acrylic Painters
Artists Equity of the Monterey Peninsula

Studio visits by appointment:
Carmel by the Sea, CA                                      831.277.2770

e-mail: gail.lehman18@gmail.com