wendy campbell

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As an artist and art educator, I believe that each of us has a potential artist within. In my artwork, I get in touch with the artist within by surrounding myself with art from many cultures, by developing my drawing and painting skills, and by creating a personal artistic style. In my current work, I create images with oil paints, oil pastels, gouache and watercolor paints. I develop a pattern with oil paints and oil pastels. This pattern serves as a resist that shows through the gouache and watercolors which I apply over the oil-based pattern. The result is a fabric-like surface that reflects my admiration for the fiber arts of several cultures. The content of the imagery expresses my sense of connection to the spirit of life in nature.

Wendy Campbell holds a MA in Art Education from the University of Wisconsin and a PhD from the Lesley University Graduate School. She is currently the program supervisor for Teaching Art Education at Lesley University and lives in Arlington, Massachusetts.