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Hilda VandergriffArtist BiographyCalifornia artist, Hilda Vandergriff art career began after retiring as a high school secretary. Hilda paints colorful watercolor, acrylic and mixed media collage paintings. Hilda was introduced to eastern style painting twelve years ago. Asian inspired paintings are on a variety of rice papers. She uses Suminagashi, a technique of floating inks and colors on water and transferring them to paper produce a unique marbling effect, calligraphy and seal chop. Her art inspiration is nature; insects, flowers, animals and landscapes. Hilda has taught children art classes in watercolor and Chinese brush painting at Arts Visalia Gallery and the Hanford Kings Art Center. Paintings of her student's hang at the Hanford Community Hospital. An accomplishment she is proud of knowing that she touched children's lives with art. Hilda was chosen as one of five artists for the American Heart Association's Central Valley Heart Ball Event to help raise funds for cardiovascular research. She donates art to the San Joaquin River Parkway & Conservation Trust. Hilda has been accepted into the Aquarius 2010 Pacific Regional Exhibition of the Best in Watercolor at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, June 4 – August 1, 2010. Hilda will participate in this year's (2010) 12th Annual Open Studio Art Tour October 9th and 10th in Morro Bay, California sponsored by ARTS Obispo. Visit www.artsobispo.org for more information. Stop in, visit and see her beautiful art for sale.
Hilda@Vandergriffstudio.com |
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