Judy Hayes

Born in Wisconsin

Lives & works in Durango, CO

 

Judy Hayes has been a professional artist for over 40 years and was born and raised in Wisconsin.  She attended Marquette University in the 1960's  (graduating with a nursing degree) but her true passion was always art.  She went from the Midwest, to Boston, Germany, Arkansas and Texas where she continued to take workshops and develop her work in watercolors, oils, liquid acryclics, and mixed media - including use of the press to create original prints.  Judy ran PPG Studios, a corporate art firm in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; pursued an art history degree at the University of Arkansas;  studied at the Springmaid Villa art school in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; and taught print-making in Durango, Colorado.  Judy has learned from dozens of respected artists, but has learned much through experimentation and steeping herself in various techniques.  She has been happily making art in Durango, Colorado for the past 20 years, focusing on mixed media collages and found objects.