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ROMONA YOUNGQUIST

Romona Youngquist started out as a “Child of Nature,” exploring the woods in rural Oklahoma where she grew up.

She found herself immersed in the designs and colors of nature. She recalls standing in a field many times staring in fascination at the values of the deciduous trees against a dark Oklahoma sky before a storm, then rushing home to draw what she had seen.

Technically self-taught, Romona attributes nature as one of her most valuable teachers.

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She studied with leading landscapes painters Michael Gibbons, from Oregon, and Michael Workman, from Utah. She has taken their valuable lessons and strengthened her own individual style. Romona admires the work of Russell Chatham, Emil Carlson and Wolf Kahn and their commitment to the beauty of simplicity and atmosphere in their works.

Romona likes to trick the eye, using muted colors and blurred contours painted softly.

She uses sand paper, ends of brushes, rags and anythi