Gail Backus-Clark
Gail Backus-Clark
Acrylic
Watercolour
Mixed Media
Gail Backus is a graduate of York University with a B.A. (Fine Arts Major), and a B.Ed. (Art Specialist). She has had the benefit of art instruction from many well regarded artists, and has exhibited her work with galleries in the Greater Toronto Area.
Gail is presently a member of the following: Toronto Watercolour Society (Signature Member-2011), Toronto Watercolour Society (Bronze Level of Distinction) 2020, Society of Canadian Artists (Elected Member-2021), The Colour & Form Society (Elected Member-2013), Headwaters Arts, and an Associate member of the CSPWC (Canadian Society for Painters in Watercolour). Gail is represented by the Agora Gallery in New York City, New York. She is on the Board of Directors for the Friends of the Museums of Mississauga.
Gail has received numerous rewards: “In Back of the Barn” - Juried Exhibition-UCM-People’s Choice Award-2022, “Autumn” (Honorable Mention-2018) - Toronto Watercolour’s 33rd Juried Exhibition, “The Way” (Award of Merit-2016) – Toronto Watercolour’s 31st Juried Exhibition, “Entering” – (Juror’s Choice Award) – 2014, Headwaters Art Gallery Juried Exhibition, “Not Jazz, the Blues” – (Juror’s Choice) -2013, Headwaters Art Gallery Juried Exhibition, “The Light Within” – (Juror’s Choice) – 2012, Headwaters Art Gallery Juried Exhibition, “Northland” - Second place among 32 nations in Aichi, Japan, Triennale – 2017. Gail was the feature artist in Dec. 2017 for Visual Arts Mississauga.
Website: gailbackus.com
Watercolour
Mixed Media
Gail Backus is a graduate of York University with a B.A. (Fine Arts Major), and a B.Ed. (Art Specialist). She has had the benefit of art instruction from many well regarded artists, and has exhibited her work with galleries in the Greater Toronto Area.
Gail is presently a member of the following: Toronto Watercolour Society (Signature Member-2011), Toronto Watercolour Society (Bronze Level of Distinction) 2020, Society of Canadian Artists (Elected Member-2021), The Colour & Form Society (Elected Member-2013), Headwaters Arts, and an Associate member of the CSPWC (Canadian Society for Painters in Watercolour). Gail is represented by the Agora Gallery in New York City, New York. She is on the Board of Directors for the Friends of the Museums of Mississauga.
Gail has received numerous rewards: “In Back of the Barn” - Juried Exhibition-UCM-People’s Choice Award-2022, “Autumn” (Honorable Mention-2018) - Toronto Watercolour’s 33rd Juried Exhibition, “The Way” (Award of Merit-2016) – Toronto Watercolour’s 31st Juried Exhibition, “Entering” – (Juror’s Choice Award) – 2014, Headwaters Art Gallery Juried Exhibition, “Not Jazz, the Blues” – (Juror’s Choice) -2013, Headwaters Art Gallery Juried Exhibition, “The Light Within” – (Juror’s Choice) – 2012, Headwaters Art Gallery Juried Exhibition, “Northland” - Second place among 32 nations in Aichi, Japan, Triennale – 2017. Gail was the feature artist in Dec. 2017 for Visual Arts Mississauga.
Website: gailbackus.com
ARTIST STATEMENT
I have always loved painting since I was very young. Art allows me the freedom to express myself. I paint what I love. I am inspired by the beauty of nature, like my Haiku poetry, my paintings often capture a feeling, a moment or a place in time. I like to paint about how I feel about seasons and places that I have been. They invite the viewer to contemplate the painting, and reflect upon it. I enjoy painting a variety of subjects. I use watercolour, acrylic and gouache and ink to achieve a fresh quality to my work. Many of my paintings are in private collections in Canada. I am represented by the Agora Gallery, New York City.
I have always loved painting since I was very young. Art allows me the freedom to express myself. I paint what I love. I am inspired by the beauty of nature, like my Haiku poetry, my paintings often capture a feeling, a moment or a place in time. I like to paint about how I feel about seasons and places that I have been. They invite the viewer to contemplate the painting, and reflect upon it. I enjoy painting a variety of subjects. I use watercolour, acrylic and gouache and ink to achieve a fresh quality to my work. Many of my paintings are in private collections in Canada. I am represented by the Agora Gallery, New York City.