Meet the Artist
Judy Soprano
Feature Artist
Artist Statement - “I opened the door to my creativity and found my soul”.
I grew up on a farm so my love for the rural scenes is easily seen in all of my paintings.
I love the way farmers construct barns and sheds on their farms. It seems to me to be very creative for one barn to be built then the add-ons come as
the years go on and as the need arises.
Our barn was the playground for my brothers and I. It was our Tarzan swing, our fort for cowboys and Indians and our castle for the king and queen (I
was always the queen).
My next love is trees. I love them in the winter when you can see their bones. And next come shadows. The way shadows run across the land…I can see
them moving when I paint them into a winter scene. They show me how the land lies and how it rises and falls over the bumps in the back land of our farm.
I love to travel. In recent years, I’ve been to Maine twice, Alaska, France, Italy and Great Britain. I painted in those places but I always come home
to paint my barns and my favorite time of the year, Winter, of course.
The greatest compliment I ever received was when my nephew at age 9 said he could ride his bike down the road in one of my paintings. For a landscape
painter that was the best compliment ever because that little boy saw depth in the scene on the flat surface of the canvas. How exciting!
I work in both oil and watercolor but I love to draw…my sketchpad is my constant companion.
I can’t think of a better way to say it and it sounds like very poor grammar but…”I can’t not paint”. I feel that my life has been enriched in many
ways: my husband, my children & my obsession with creating art.
JOIN JUDY FOR AN ARTIST DEMONSTRATION
during
Arts
in Bloom on Saturday, April 28th from 12:30-4:00! Event is free and open to the public!
