Gail Gastfield began her formal art education at the age of 10, studying charcoal and pastel drawing with a private instructor. She started painting in oils and acrylics at age 12. Gail decided on a career in commercial illustration in college, because she preferred representational work and also thought that eating was important. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in fine and graphic arts, she worked for a poster publisher as in-house artist and art director. She designed promotional materials and over 150 posters, creating a wide variety of images including unicorns, cats, teddy bears and other animals. Angels, fantasy and space are favorite subjects. Since 1995, Gail has been freelancing, producing artwork for T-shirts, posters and other gift producs. She uses airbrush, colored pencils, gouache, acrylics, pen and ink, oils and various computer graphic programs to create art. She lives in Mukilteo (pronounced "Muck-ill-TEE-oh"), local Native American for "good campground"), a suburb of Seattle, Washington.

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