Childers

Childers

Childers was born in the smoky mountains of North Carolina but grew up in upstate New York. She was
very driven to draw, paint, and learn from a young age but not until after receiving excellent training and
encouragement from her high school art instructor, Nicholas Todisco, did she begin to take it seriously for
life. Childers continued her education in fine art with inspirational teachers from Onondaga Community
College in Syracuse, NY and completed her Bachelor of Fine Art at Purchase College in Westchester
County, NY. This also included a semester abroad in Amsterdam at the Academie voor Beeldende
Vorming. Amsterdam was of course a magnificent setting to be thrown into in a young artist’s life and has
an influential presence still with her today. She now resides in the southwest with her artist boyfriend and
three German Shepherds. The spacious sky and unique landscape of the local area have a continual
influence on her work. Even though she paints mostly abstract styled paintings, the openness of the
desert has an enlightening impact on her work. Other places she makes at least yearly trips to are Taos,
San Diego, Chicago, Oregon, and New York. The variety of landscapes always refreshes and inspires
her but the expansive desert will continue its hold on her heart.

“Every piece that I paint is an emotional journey
through color. I am continuously inspired by the
extraordinary world around me as well as the exciting
possibilities of infinite color relationships. Every
single color is beautiful and has a place. There is
always a motivation to paint and I am in love with the
paint itself.”

Childers works in acrylics on canvas as well as painting on various
metal sculptures that her boyfriend and co-artist West creates. Her
contemporary paintings are truly original and extremely creative in color
composition, design, and style.

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