Gail Spaien

American artist and educator

Gail Spaien is an American artist and educator based in Maine. She was born in 1958 in Hartford, Connecticut. Her studio practice centers around the idea that a painting is a site of connection; an object that transmits emotion from one person to another. She is of a lineage of artists who think craft and beauty shape and build a more relational world. Spaien has received numerous fellowships, including the Ucross Fo...