Judy McCombs

Judy McCombs, an Oklahoma-based artist, began painting as a child. “I won a drawing contest in the second grade and that set my course. My father’s job took the family to many places across the United States. It was while living in Puerto Rico that on my fourteenth birthday my father gave me a set of oil paints and an easel.” She has been working professionally as a painter and instructor for over 25 years. McCombs has hosted several painting shows on PBS. The PBS show, Wonderful World of Art, Painting with Judy, aired in more than forty states. She also hosts yearly painting workshops in Europe.

“The love of nature is my reason to paint,” says McCombs, “To spend the day outside, not just looking at but also really seeing nature.... life just doesn’t get any better! A great day is spent painting the woods and ponds that surround my home. I travel often, gathering information for painting subjects. Photography and plein air sketches help during the winter months when I am in my studio. Some of my best work comes from trips taken alone.”

“We landscape painters spend our lives trying to express our emotional response to the magnifi cence of nature in her everchanging moods. I can’t express what a blessing it is to be earning my living doing what I truly love!”