Gayle Doll is returning as the Red Barn Studio’s Artist-in-Residence August 25-29.

Doll is an artist living in Manhattan, who works mostly in watercolor and acrylic. Working as the director of the Center of Aging at Kansas State University for over 20 years, now in semi-retirement, Doll has picked up painting again working with watercolor and acrylic.

Visitors to the Red Barn will delight in the joyous and exuberant colors of the pieces that Doll is working on in the studio. Despite, or maybe because of, her colorblindness, Doll finds herself drawn to vibrant colors on the canvas. As an artist, she has been inspired by the patterns and designs of quilts using unique application practices in order to invite texture into her paintings. In her recent work, Doll has been exploring these techniques and plans to spend her time at the Red Barn continuing to develop them and explore the possibilities they allow for her paintings to bloom.

This will be Doll's third residency at the Red Barn Studio. The most exciting thing, as she has learned during her time here, has been meeting the artists and visitors who come to see her at the studio—meeting new people energizes her to try new things!

The Red Barn Studio Museum is located at 212 S. Main Street. The museum is open Tuesday-Friday, 10:00am-5:00pm and Saturday-Sunday, 1:00-5:00pm. For more information, contact the Red Barn Studio Museum at 785-227-2217.

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