Gayle Wells Mandle
RISD MFA ’97 Painting/Printmaking
Painter and abstract collage artist Gayle Mandle has a strong affinity for the process of layering, and is influenced by the visual noise of graffiti, billboards and TV newscasts. Beginning in fall 2007, as she and her husband Roger prepared to leave RISD, she decided to pack up her studio of 15 years in a thoughtful, reflective manner. In the process of sifting through the many found objects, textiles, ledger books and ephemera she has collected over the years, she created this series of new autobiographical works.
“I consider each of these 12-inch-square mixed media panels to be like the pages in a journal,” Gayle says. “I illustrate the shouts and whispers of daily life through multiple layers of glued text and textures, along with washes of paint. Since I enjoy playing with words, many of these pieces have handwritten notes, and I have literally and figuratively tied them together so that they look like bundled packages.”
Proceeds from this sale benefit the Roger + Gayle Mandle Scholarship Fund at RISD.