Featured Arkansas Artist: Judy Shantz Honey

The Arkansas Studies Institute houses four art galleries, including a retail gallery, featuring the work of Arkansas artists and art related to the state. This post is part of a new bi-weekly series featuring ASI gallery artists.

Judy Shantz Honey
Biography
Judy Shantz Honey enjoyed an interest in art as a child and this interest continued through her studies at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and in the Museum School at the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock. She has also studied with nationally recognized art instructors in Art Workshops at locations in the United States and also in Mexico.

Watercolor, acrylic and collage are her primary mediums with work on paper and on canvas. Her paintings are exhibited in the Gallery at the Arkansas Studies Institute in Little Rock. Her work is included in private collections locally and nationally. She is a member of Arkansas League of Artists and the Arkansas Arts Council. She is a signature member of Mid-Southern Watercolorists.

Artist Statement
Shape, pattern and texture are everywhere around us and they are strong influences in my work. Color is always a most exciting element and a strong composition or design adds underlying strength. My spiritual journey as an artist and as a person is expressed as I become sensitive to what each painting wants to be or wants to say. Every painting is a journey and it is an adventure to see what it will become.

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