Gayle Dempsey, Artist

Award-winning artist painting in acrylic, oil and watercolor.

Artist’s Statement

Gayle Dempsey, a fourth generation Muskokan, is an award-winning artist who feels a deep connection to the spirit of the land, the lakes, the natural beauty and the peace that is Muskoka. Capturing the soul of place in acrylic and oil, Gayle’s work connects with her roots. Loose underpaintings give way to structural details as her passion is revealed.

Artist’s CV | Find Gayle on Facebook | Muskoka Magazine Article

Awards

Award of Excellence in Acrylic Painting – Muskoka Arts and Crafts Spring Show, 2016
Recipient of the Muskoka Awards inaugural Arts Award for creativity, personal artistic achievements and support and leadership in Muskoka’s arts community, 2009
Award of Excellence in Acrylic Painting, Muskoka Arts and Crafts Spring Show, 2008

Selected Exhibitions

Please see CV above for a full list of exhibitions.

Beginnings/Endings

Arts & Letters Club Members’ Exhibition
March 2021

“The Art Committee chose the Beginning/Endings theme for the exhibition in the context of Covid. The pandemic has created new beginnings for many of us, and also endings to some of the ways we have done things in the past. And we are all still wondering what our new world will look like: what will we keep and what will we discard. Each artist has taken a very personal approach to the theme which goes beyond the current situation.”

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Solo Exhibitions:

Muskoka Place Gallery, Two Woman Show with Donna McLaren, 2016
Muskoka Place Gallery, Fire & Ice, solo exhibition, 2011
Muskoka Place Gallery, solo exhibition, 2006
Catto Gallery, Muskoka Lakes Museum, Port Carling, 2006

Group Exhibitions:

The Gibson Centre, 2019
Arts & Letters Club of Toronto, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021
Orillia Museum of Art & History, 2017
Muskoka Arts & Crafts Spring Show, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
CEI Galleries & Kati Bujna Fine Art Studio, 2013
Arts & Letters Club, juried shows, 2012, 2011, 2010

Work

Untitled, Acrylic and Gold Leaf, 24×24

Untitled, Acrylic and Gold Leaf, 24×24, $2500

Hwy 141 Wetlands, Acrylic, 24×30

Hwy 141 Wetlands, Acrylic, 24×30, $1200

Winter Totems I

Winter Totems II

Winter Totems II SOLD

Winter Totems III

Winter Totems IV

Winter Totems IV SOLD

Winter Totems V

Almost Home

The Grandfathers and Grandmother Moon

The Grandfathers and Grandmother Moon SOLD

Northview

Thompson Lake

Thompson Lake SOLD

Thompson Lake II

Thompson Lake II SOLD

Circle #3

Circle 3 SOLD

Circle #7

Circle 7 SOLD

Foreman Road in Winter

Descending Marvel

Sacred Fire

The Vision Made Manifest

The Vision Made Manifest SOLD

Ark of Gold

Ark of Gold SOLD

The Light Above the Sun

The Light Above the Sun SOLD

Grace

Grandfather’s Hemlock

Grandfathers Hemlock

In the Deep II

In The Deep II

Long’s Lake Icefalls I

Longs Lake Icefalls SOLD

Long’s Lake Icefalls III

Longs Lake Icefalls III SOLD

Long’s Lake Icefalls V

Longs Lake Icefalls V SOLD

Marriott Ice Sculpture

Marriott Ice Sculpture SOLD

Nightfall I

Our Yard

Ric’s Door

Ric’s Door SOLD

Vancouver 2010

Vancouver 2010 SOLD

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