Judy Marquardt-Regnier is a delightful Northern California artist from Amador County and has been painting for over 35 years. She has studied at Northern Illinois University, Illinois State University, and has Associate of Arts and Associate of Science degrees from Polk Community College in Winter Haven, Florida. She has studied painting in Florida with Bob Morrissey, in the San Francisco Bay Area with Bobbie Dixon, Sara Loesch Frank, in Sonora with Doris Olsen and with Julie Trail in Sutter Creek. She is a retired RN, having worked in intensive care, then in home and hospice care for over 30 years. Judy and her husband Ken are now enjoying the beauty of the Sierra Foothills. She is a successful liver transplant recipient and volunteer for organ and tissue donation.* PLEASE DONATE LIFE – on the internet – by signing as an organ donor: www.donateLIFEca.org and www.donatelife.net
Although experienced for many years in unique art through watercolor and other media, she continues to create in her new life. Judy and her husband Ken also design websites for organizations and business. Often she creates a logo or watercolor for your site!
“I began with oils and acrylics when I lived in Indiana and Florida. I only tried experimenting in 1990 with watercolor, which I considered a more difficult medium, as I relocated to Northern California. The remarkable light and stunning landscapes stirred my soul to pour this onto paper…thus began my watercolor adventures! I discovered the paint and the paper are the artists and I am the tool which brings them together; this is the fun. They are rather uncontrollable and that is what I love about it. I really enjoy standing back to see what happens when I let them touch each other with the water – it is different every time, and almost never what I planned! I have had very high quality gicleé prints made of some of my paintings, as well as note cards. These are available for my art loving clients as well as the originals. I hope you enjoy my work as much as I do. I am creating more of our Gold Country hills and Amador County these days! You may see more historical locations in my work as the months pass by. Look for me in upcoming art shows!”