Gail E. Wegodsky is part of a generation of painters devoted to representational realism. She graduated from the Maryland Institute,College of Art in 1979 and from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, where she received her MFA in painting in 1982.

Painting has been Gail's primary pursuit for over twenty-five years now. She continues to be fascinated by the look of the world surrounding us and strives to convey her perceptions about its complexities, mysteries, and great beauty through her work. Her awards and honors include a grant from the Georgia Council for the Arts and inclusion in the National Academy of Design's 171st Annual Exhibition. She has been a Winner of Open Studios' Magazine's Southern States Competition as well as a Finalist Winner in Artist's Magazine's Art Competition four different years. Gail has taught painting at the University of Rhode Island, Southern Illinois University, University of Georgia, Indiana University, the Torpedo Factory Art League School, and Kennesaw State University.

Since her graduate exhibition at Tyler, she has had six solo exhibitions and been a participant in over seventy-five juried group exhibitions. She is represented in many public, private and corporate collections including the Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, Temple University School of Law, the City of Baltimore, Southern Connecticut State University, the Evansville Museum of Arts and Science, the law offices of King and Spalding, Kennesaw State University, Clayton College and State University, the William Breman Jewish Home, and Oglethorpe University Museum of Art.

Gail currently lives and paints (and cooks and practices yoga too!) in Atlanta, Georgia.