Judy Bledsoe

Pictured, Judy Bledsoe shows off her painting, Anne's Pond on an Autumn Day, created during the 2020 Pike Road Plein Air Paint Out!

Pictured, Judy Bledsoe shows off her painting, Anne's Pond on an Autumn Day, created during the 2020 Pike Road Plein Air Paint Out!

Painting has been a love of mine for many years—starting with watercolors, pastels, and the last four years oils. I have mainly enjoyed painting as a hobby. Through these years, I have had many opportunities to paint with local artists, Clark Walker, and Donnave’ Lindsey who really encouraged me to continue to paint. While painting with them, I won awards in the Sac’s annual art show as well as being juried into the annual Region’s Bank Show.

I have taken workshops from Charles Reid, internationally known watercolorist, Barbara Davis, award-winning oil painter, Perry Austin, award-winning oil artist, Gina Brown, oil artist, and for the past 4 years have had the privilege to study under Elana Hagler, an art professor at ASU. While I enjoy watercolor and oil still lifes, I have enjoyed doing portrait sketches in charcoal from a live model and oil portraits. My style is between realism and impressionism, and I am captivated by capturing light and expressing emotion in my subjects.

I like Mary Oliver’s quote: Maybe the desire to make something beautiful is the piece of God that is inside each of us!!