Gail Delger

AWS, RMNW, WHS, WFWS, SWS

Painting professionally since 1990, Gail Delger works in watercolor, printmaking, collage, and acrylic. The range of her work gives a glimpse of both her passion and talent as an artist and her sense of humor as an individual.

She is a signature member of the American Watercolor Society, Rocky Mountain Watermedia Society, Watercolor USA Honor Society, Western Federation of Watercolor Societies, Southwestern Watercolor Society, and Texas and Neighbors.

Her painting, “Full of Holes” was published in the book, Splash 9, The Best of Watercolor in 2006. "Old Number 10" and "Chicken Sit" were included in the 2008 book Confident Color by Nita Leland. “Fish House” and “The Bird Whisperer” are included in the book Incite 4: Relax Restore Renew- Best of Mixed Media in 2016.

She has worked in the LAST Art Gallery in McKinney, Texas, and many private collections throughout the United States.

The world today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do.
— Picasso

Selected Press

Shoutout DFW - December, 2023

Shoutout DFW - May, 2020

MillHouse Foundation

Exhibitions:

2024- Southwestern Watercolor Society-”Magical Kingdom”

2024- Western Federation of Watercolor Societies- Phoenix, AZ- “The Neighborhood”

2023 - National Watercolor Exhibition - Wichita, Kansas - “Magical Kingdom”
2023 - Southwestern Watercolor Society- “Migration Rest Stop.” Award Winner

2022 - Dia de los Muertos - The Bath House, Dallas. “Skeleton and Skull”
2022 - National Watercolor Exhibition - Wichita, Kansas “The Guy with the Blue Shirt” and “Long Faced Whisperer”
2022 - Watercolor Now! - “Hauled Away”
2022 - Art 214-Dallas - “Bird Whisperer II”
2022 - International Watermedia Show - Houston, “Hauled Away”

2021 - Dia de los Muertos - The Bath House, Dallas “Companions”
2021 - Southwestern Watercolor Society - “Hauled Away”
2021 - ART214 Dallas, “The Fish Whisperer”, “Happytown”, “Silhouettes”

2020 - Southwestern Watercolor Society - “The Fish Whisperer II”
2020 - Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition - “Perched”

2019 - Kansas Watercolor Society National Show - “Happytown”
2019 - Dia de los Muertos - The Bath House, Dallas - “Katherine”
2019 - Solo Show at C.C.Young, The Point - Dallas, Texas

2018 - Kansas Watercolor Society National Show - “Press Here to Start” and “Three Orbs” -Award Winner
2018 - Southwestern Watercolor Society - “Bird Brain”

2017 - Solo Show at the Blue House Too Gallery - Allen, Texas
2017 - Kansas Watercolor Society National Show“Swimming in the Tide” and “Bird Brain.”
2017 - Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Exhibition - “The Cow Whisperer”
2017 - Texas Watercolor Society - “The Fish Swim at Night.” Award Winner
2017 - Texas & Neighbors Regional Show - “Escape Route”

2016 - Kansas National Watercolor Show - “The Fish Whisperer” and “The Sun’s Coming Up”
2016 - Texas & Neighbors Regional Show - “The Aliens Have Landed”
2016 - Southwestern Watercolor Society - “Birds on a Wire” - Award Winner
2016 - Rocky Mountain National Watermedia - “Bird Houses”
2016 - Abstract National Exhibition-Kansas - “Escape Route”
2016 - Watercolor USA - “Silhouettes” - Award Winner
2016 - American Watercolor Society - “The Bird Whisperer”

2015 - Southwestern Watercolor Society - “Bird Whisperer” - Best of Show
2015 - Rocky Mountain National Watermedia - “Fish House” - Award Winner
2015 - Kansas National Watercolor Show - “House on the Hill”
2015 - Missouri Watercolor Society - “Fantasy Fishing”
2015 - Watercolor USA - “Faces in the Crowd”

2014 - Solo Show - Horizon UU Church Gallery
2014 - Southwestern Watercolor Society Show - “It’s Riveting”
2014 - Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Show - “Zipped Up” - Award Winner
2014 - Texas & Neighbors Regional Show - “Orb-its”
2014 - American Watercolor Society Show - “Fantasy Fishing” - Received Signature Status - AWS

2013 - Watercolor Exchange Exhibition - Korean Embassy - Tokyo, Japan - “Pink Couch”
2013 - Southwestern Watercolor Society Show - “Fantasy Fishing” - Award Winner
2013 - Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Show - “Nesting” - Award Winner
2013 - Oklahoma National Watercolor Show - “Underwater Safari”
2013 - Western Federation of Watercolor Societies - “Nesting” - Award Winner

2012 - Southwestern Watercolor Society - “Birds And Balloons”
2012 - Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Show - “Standing Water”
2012 - Texas & Neighbors Regional Show - “Mitosis” - Award Winner
2012 - Kansas National Watermedia Show - “Men in Suits”

2011 - Texas & Neighbors Regional Show - “Fantasy Man”
2011 - Kansas National Watercolor Show - “Fun With Fish”
2011 - Kenji Nishikawa and Friends Group Show - Community Art Center, Ft. Worth
2011 - Rio Brazos Art Show - “Friends”
2011 - Southwestern Watercolor Society - “Game Boys” - Award Winner
2011 - American Watercolor Society - “Fish & Game”

2010 - Kansas Watercolor National Show - “Carnival Games”
2010 - Oklahoma National Watermedia Show - “Circle Gets The Square” - Award Winner
2010 - Rocky Mt. National Watermedia Show - “Pole Sitting”
2010 - Solo Show - Verizon Gallery - Irving, Texas
2010 - Watercolor USA - “Penguins”
2010 - Texas & Neighbors Show - “Tails From The Crypt”
2010 - RCAS Regional Show - “Suburbia”
2010 - RCAS Regional Show - “Spiral City II” - Award Winner

2009 - Western Fed - “Silly String” - Award Winner
2009 - Richardson Civic Art Society - “Mr. Ed and Friends” - Award Winner
2009 - Texas & Neighbors Art Show - “Windows to the World”
2009 - International Society of Experimental Artists Show - “Spiral City”
2009 - Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Show - “5 On A Line”
2009 - Southwestern Watercolor Society Show - “PoleSitting”

2008 - Southwestern Watercolor Society - “Tools From The Past” - Award Winner
2008 - First Frontier Collage Society - “Mr. Ed & Friends” - Award Winner
2008 - Texas & Neighbors Show - “Circular Motion”
2008 - Richardson Civic Art Society - “Waiting” - Award Winner

2007 - Southwestern Watercolor Society Show - “Pink Couch” - Award Winner
2007 - Rocky Mountain National Watermedia Show - “Windows To The World”
2007 - Society of Watercolor Artists - “Old #10 Revisted” - Award Winner
2007 - Texas & Neighbors Show - “Birds From Pluto” - Award Winner
2007 - Texas Watercolor Society - “Nuts & Bolts” - Award Winner

2006 - Solo Show - Hibernia Dental Arts
2006 - Southwestern Watercolor Society Show - “Nuts& Bolts”
2006 - American Watercolor Society Show - “Links To The Past”

2005 - First Frontier Collage Society - “Wedding Day” - Award Winner
2005 - Texas & Neighbors Show - “Links To The Past” - 2nd Place
2005 - RCAS Regional Show - “City View From The Top”, “Bug Collection”

2004 - Southwestern Watercolor Society Show - “Links To The Past”
2004 - Texas & Neighbors Show - “Copper Pot Up Top”

2003 - Southwestern Watercolor Society Show - “A Good Day For A Hanging Too” - Best of Show

2002 - SWS Show - “Clara At 5:30” - Award Winner
2002 - Plano Art Association Show - “Hat of The Day”
2002 - Texas & Neighbors Show - “Little Green Man
2002 - Western Federation of Watercolor Societies Show - “Dogtown” - Received SWS signature
2002 - Postcard Show - 1st Place

2001 - SWS Show - “A Good Day For A Hanging”
2001 - Texas & Neighbors Show - “Dogtown”
2001 - WFWS Show - “On The Door No More”

2000 - Texas & Neighbors Show - “Mixed Up”

1999 - Southwestern Watercolor Society Show - “Mixed Up”

1998 - Southwestern Watercolor Society Show - “Old Number 10”
1998 - Texas & Neighbors Show - “Old Number 10”
1998 - RCAS Regional Show - “Several Spokes”

1997 - Texas & Neighbors Show - “Sunflowers & Spokes”
1997 - RCAS Regional Show - “Celebrate Fish”

1994 - RCAS Regional Show - “Soaking Up The Rays”
1994 - Richardson Civic Art Society - “Marbles”