Gretchen Cagle has ...

30 years of tole and decorative painting experience and is one of the industry's leading designers. She is also a teacher, publisher and author. Author of fourteen books and eight videos, her Heart to Heart series has inspired thousands of decorative artists. Gretchen's designs have appeared in Good Housekeeping, The Decorative Artist's Workbook, The Decorative Painter, Craftworks for the Home, and Family Circle/Great Ideas Christmas Helps.

Gretchen is a Certified Decorative Artist with the National Society of Tole and Decorative Painters (SDP) and was President in 1985 - 86. Two of her paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution and the White House. Gretchen holds teaching seminars for distributors, retail shops, national and regional conventions around the world and affiliated chapters of the SDP.