Moana Bailey Hendrix
I was probably born an artist. In first grade when I mixed black and white crayons to color a squirrel gray instead of using a #2 pencil like everyone else in the class, I should have known. But perhaps because I was viewed as a little different, I hid. It wasn’t until I started to attend a workshop entitled “Healing Through the Expressive Arts” in 2015 that I got back in touch with that five year old girl who was so ashamed to have created something different. I found healing there and the freedom to come out of my shell and embrace the possibilities of my own unique artistic processes.
I studied black and white film photography at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA during the mid-‘80’s. I would often stay in the darkroom until the last bus left campus but as much as I enjoyed it something was missing. Then I got my first digital camera in 2007 and whole new worlds of color opened up for me. My natural curiosity led me to explore digital editing and now my imagination has set the sky as the limit.
My work has developed to offer a unique blend of mediums. I start with a nature photograph and often layer it with an abstract watercolor or acrylic painting and then finish it off with multiple editing techniques. My hope is to create images that reverence the beauty of nature while opening the door to magical possibilities.
I have participated in the Art in the Garden Show in West Point and the Amador County Artists Open Studio Tour, as well as many other arts and craft shows in the tri-county area. A few of my images have been awarded ribbons at the Calaveras County Fair in the professional photography division.
I studied black and white film photography at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, CA during the mid-‘80’s. I would often stay in the darkroom until the last bus left campus but as much as I enjoyed it something was missing. Then I got my first digital camera in 2007 and whole new worlds of color opened up for me. My natural curiosity led me to explore digital editing and now my imagination has set the sky as the limit.
My work has developed to offer a unique blend of mediums. I start with a nature photograph and often layer it with an abstract watercolor or acrylic painting and then finish it off with multiple editing techniques. My hope is to create images that reverence the beauty of nature while opening the door to magical possibilities.
I have participated in the Art in the Garden Show in West Point and the Amador County Artists Open Studio Tour, as well as many other arts and craft shows in the tri-county area. A few of my images have been awarded ribbons at the Calaveras County Fair in the professional photography division.
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