Mindy Sue Werth
Born and raised in a tiny town in Northern Michigan, Mindy Sue Werth was drawing long before she was able to write. Painting and sketching out her ideas came much more natural than verbally explaining them. She earned her BFA in Drawing, along with a Minor in Human Biology. Initially her plan was to pursue a graduate certification in medical illustration, but collage had left her burnt out and disheartened with the art scene.
Werth decided to pack up and drive across the country from Michigan to Bend, Oregon. It wasn't long however before she found herself being drawn back into the art world, working at a frame shop. Designing for and framing other peoples art day after day soon brought out Werth's instinctual habits, and she slowly began creating her own art again. Framing just became another dimension of her work, the finishing touch. Werth became a Certified Professional Picture Framer (CPF), attending conventions and trade shows, taking courses in all different aspects of the art industry.
In her own work Werth captures the individuality and personality in her subjects. She aims to pull out the unique character and beauty in everything she creates, whether it is capturing that “look” in an animals eyes, or an angle of a flower that most people wouldn’t notice.
“I don’t like to describe my work as realistic; more so my realistic impression,” Werth says.
I paint things the way I see them, not necessarily the way everyone else sees them. I’m not trying to duplicate reality with my work, I’m creating my version.”
Werth decided to pack up and drive across the country from Michigan to Bend, Oregon. It wasn't long however before she found herself being drawn back into the art world, working at a frame shop. Designing for and framing other peoples art day after day soon brought out Werth's instinctual habits, and she slowly began creating her own art again. Framing just became another dimension of her work, the finishing touch. Werth became a Certified Professional Picture Framer (CPF), attending conventions and trade shows, taking courses in all different aspects of the art industry.
In her own work Werth captures the individuality and personality in her subjects. She aims to pull out the unique character and beauty in everything she creates, whether it is capturing that “look” in an animals eyes, or an angle of a flower that most people wouldn’t notice.
“I don’t like to describe my work as realistic; more so my realistic impression,” Werth says.
I paint things the way I see them, not necessarily the way everyone else sees them. I’m not trying to duplicate reality with my work, I’m creating my version.”