About the Artist
Artist Statement
My work is rooted in exploration — a journey that is at once joyful, uncertain, humbling and deeply fulfilling. Painting is both refuge and discovery, a space where I am continually reaching, challenged, learning and uncovering meaning through observation and experience.
Nature and life present themselves as an ever-evolving puzzle. Through light, shadow, and shape, I seek to interpret that complexity and translate it into something tangible. Some images arise from a quiet internal place; others emerge unexpectedly, revealing themselves in spite of my intentions.
The generosity of mentors, teachers, friends and viewers has shaped this path and continues to influence my growth. Painting allows me to give form to what I see and feel — to create something personal that can be shared.
It is my hope that within this work, viewers find a moment of recognition — a space that feels familiar, grounding, and perhaps even like home.
Bio/Resume
Native Utah artist. Grew up in Salt Lake sketching at the kitchen table with her dad. Focused on commercial art in high school and later went on to take water color and oil painting classes and workshops.
Current working in oil, mostly landscapes in studio and En Plein Air, but also creative at, still life, portraiture and figures. Focus is on designing with light and shadow.
Ginger has studied at the Petersen Art Center with Pete Petersen in watercolor, oil landscape studies with Ron Chesley, John Poon, John Hughes, Rob Adamson, Susan Gallacher, Bonnie Griffith, Michelle Usibelli, Steve Stauffer. Still Life workshops with David Dean. Ginger is currently in an art mentorship program with Shanna Kunz.
Galleries include; Midway Art Association
Awards and Recognition:
2019 - First Place Amateur - Plein Air Paradise, Midway, UT
2021 - Award of Merit - Escalante Canyons Art Festival, Everett Ruess Days, Escalante, UT
2022 - Purchase Award - Spring City Plein Air, Spring City, UT
2022 - People’s Choice 1st Place, Star Valley Plein Air, Star Valley, UT
2022 - Award of Arts of the West Subscription, Star Valley Plein Air, Star Valley, UT
2023 - Award of Excellence 1/2 page add in Art Collector Magazine, Star Valley Plein air, Star Valley, Wy
2023 - Ist Place paint out, St George Plein Air, St George, UT <\p>
2023 - Honorable Mention, St George Plein Air, St George, UT <\p>
2024 - Honorable Mention, Bouniful Davis 10th annual Plein air, Bountiful, UT
2024 - First Place, Bingham Arts Council Plein Air, Blackfoot, Idaho
2024 - Honorable Mention, Eagle, Idaho Plein Air, Eagle, ID
2025 - Accepted into the 101st Spring Salon, Springville, Utah
