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About the Artist:
Gail Beveridge grew up in a time and place that allowed great freedom to explore the world. As a teenager living near Philadelphia, she would often venture into the city to spend the entire day at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, marveling at the all the great works of art within its cavernous galleries. She was also exposed to a variety of art media from elementary school through college. Art became a career for her, first as a commercial interior designer and subsequently as a sculptor and now a painter.
Beveridge states “I’ve always been a visual person and being able to express my vision of the world through painting is a joyful experience. Finding the right words sometimes eludes me, but if my paintings evoke a special feeling or memory for the viewer, then I have succeeded in communicating on a very personal level with that person and that is important to me.”
Beveridge earned a Bachelor of Design degree with honors from the University of Florida and built a successful thirty-year career in interior design, twenty of those as founder and owner of a commercial design firm with many signature projects for local and national clients. After merging the company into a regional architectural firm in 1997 and establishing its commercial design department, the artist left in 1999 to pursue a life-long interest in fine art. During the next decade, the artist worked as a sculptor, creating 3-D mixed media works anchored by the gourd. The award-winning gourd works were featured in many juried exhibits, shows and galleries. She has since transitioned to painting in oil and has exhibited in numerous juried group exhibitions and two solo exhibitions.
The artist has lived in Florida for over 50 years and now resides in St. Augustine, Florida.