Gayle Doll is returning as the Red Barn Studio’s Artist-in-Residence from August 25–27, 2026. While Gayle will be away from the studio August 28–30, her work will remain on display for visitors through August 30th.
Gayle is an artist living in Manhattan, Kansas, who works mostly in watercolor and acrylic. Gayle has a degree in Art Education from McPherson College, but spent more than 20 years working as the director of the Center of Aging at Kansas State University. Now, in her semi-retirement, Gayle has picked up painting again.
Visitors to the Red Barn may delight in the joyous and exuberant colors of the pieces that Gayle is working on in the studio. Despite, or maybe because of, her colorblindness, Gayle finds herself drawn to vibrant colors on the canvas. As an artist, she has been inspired by the patterns and designs of quilts, as well as abstract techniques including alcohol resist and plastic wrap, among other unique application practices, in order to invite texture into her paintings. In her recent work, Gayle 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 Gayle’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!
