Judy Gagner, Pleasant Plains
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Judy was raised in a small town in rural
Arkansas. As a child she loved to draw and sketch and would study art from her school library. It was after she had her family that she decided to pick up a
paintbrush and see what she could do. What started out as a hobby soon became a passion! To her amazement Judy found her creative abilities God gave her coming through on canvas with acrylics. She began to crave more knowledge in painting. Judy is a self-taught artist with some formal training. She enrolled in classes for a year and a half and continued to push forward with different mediums and techniques such as impasto. Because of her love for the arts and encouragement of others, she submitted her work to exhibits and galleries. She was pleasantly surprise to be accepted by both. Judy goes to workshops and works with other artists regularly. She opened her own gallery in 2006 and began working and teaching to the local youths. Soon to follow,Judy became a member of the Arkansas Artist Registry. She has been featured in several local newspapers . She participated in 2007's Art across Arkansas sponsored by the William Clinton Foundation and Thea Foundation. Judy travels in the United States and continues to take in this wonderful country as inspiration for her work. She feels blessed with God's beauty around her and often uses her photographs to create her work.
Arkansas. As a child she loved to draw and sketch and would study art from her school library. It was after she had her family that she decided to pick up a
paintbrush and see what she could do. What started out as a hobby soon became a passion! To her amazement Judy found her creative abilities God gave her coming through on canvas with acrylics. She began to crave more knowledge in painting. Judy is a self-taught artist with some formal training. She enrolled in classes for a year and a half and continued to push forward with different mediums and techniques such as impasto. Because of her love for the arts and encouragement of others, she submitted her work to exhibits and galleries. She was pleasantly surprise to be accepted by both. Judy goes to workshops and works with other artists regularly. She opened her own gallery in 2006 and began working and teaching to the local youths. Soon to follow,Judy became a member of the Arkansas Artist Registry. She has been featured in several local newspapers . She participated in 2007's Art across Arkansas sponsored by the William Clinton Foundation and Thea Foundation. Judy travels in the United States and continues to take in this wonderful country as inspiration for her work. She feels blessed with God's beauty around her and often uses her photographs to create her work.
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