Gail Eisenfeld-Hansen

My work often begins with a question: What happens if I try this? That might mean rolling paint onto canvas, cutting up a drawing, using neon colors, or weaving painted papers together in unexpected ways. Through these processes, I discover new relationships between color, texture, structure, and chance.

Whether I am weaving newspaper, transforming painted papers, constructing pouches from acrylic-painted canvas, or exploring other materials, I am interested in how familiar materials can be altered and reassembled into something new. Cutting, weaving, layering, folding, and reshaping are central to my practice.

Rather than following a predetermined path, I allow the work to evolve through a dialogue with the materials themselves. Transformation lies at the heart of what I do. As materials shift from one form to another, unexpected images, structures, and connections emerge.

Each piece is an invitation to look beyond the surface and discover new possibilities within the familiar.

I am happy to announce that my painting, "Brooklyn Bridge Remembered" has been chosen for the juried show, "ICONS" at Art Center Sarasota. The exhibit is on view from August 20 through September 26, 2026.