Gail Buono received a BFA in Painting from The School of Visual Arts, in New York City.  She has received two painting fellowships from the NJ State Council on the Arts, as well as, a "Distinguished Artist Award."

She painted in Italy for 15 months, with a solo show in Pisa, before returning to the  U.S. Her paintings were used as sole set for two one-act plays by the Rivoli Stage Co. at the William Carlos Williams Art Center (in conjunction with a solo show), in Rutherford, NJ, and at the Westbeth Theatre Center, in Manhattan.

Four of her paintings were selected for a university circuit tour in the show, “The Enduring Presence (New York Abstraction)."

She moved to the Santa Fe area in mid-2006.  In 2012, she was chosen by Peter Frank, the L.A. art critic, as a juror honoree in the “New Mexico Showcase” at 516 Arts, in Albuquerque.  She has shown her work at various venues in Santa Fe, including a show at Tom Ross Gallery on Canyon Rd.  Her work has been exhibited and collected throughout the U.S. and Europe. 

Artist Statement

These paintings from the “Floating World” series are based on conveying a relationship between geometric structure (circular imagery) and the natural world. The shapes formed from the intersection of arcs often resemble nature, as they float and swirl across the canvas and the underlying web of lines represents the interconnectivity throughout nature. The bright colors are glazed to heighten a stained glass effect, as the white of the canvas, like light, shines through the color.