GERB
Grayson “Gerb” Toal (born 1999, Charlotte, NC) is an artist based in Wilmington, North Carolina. She earned her BA and MA in English from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Gerb’s acrylic paintings have been exhibited in North Carolina, including shows at New Elements Gallery and Gallery 906 in Wilmington and Lantana’s Gallery in Southport. Currently, she serves as the in-house artist at True Blue Butcher & Barrel and True Blue Butcher & Table, where she both creates and curates artwork for the restaurant's collection. Her work has been featured in Wilmington Magazine, with recent collaborations including a project for Campari. Gerb currently lives and works in Wilmington, North Carolina.
I’m drawn to the complexities of girlhood and womanhood. I paint to understand and communicate their duality, pulling from my own memories and experiences. Revisiting childhood from the shifting perspective of adulthood introduces layered themes—Southern motifs, settings, and emotions drawn from personal memory.
There’s a quiet dialogue between the subject and me in each painting—both imagined and real, much like the way memories evolve over time.
