Gina Blickenstaff

I was born with the artist spirit and blossomed well under the creative nurturing of my two artist parents. My father, Wayne K. Blickenstaff, was an illustrator and fine artist in New York City. My mother, Betty Evans Cook, was a fine artist. Throughout my early years, growing up in New York, I had numerous art instructions from my parents and other professionals. I attended Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and then headed to Colorado and began my art career in earnest.

My professional career has spanned four decades and has included illustration, graphic design, mural painting, teaching, and fine art. Portraiture has remained my passion and become my specialty.

Whatever the environing conditions of life, you can always find me behind an “art desk” of one kind or
another, be it an easel, a camera lens or a computer!

I have exhibited in many art shows over the years and have won many awards, the most recent awards being First Place in the All Colorado Show (Littleton) and Best of Show in the 2012 National Northern Colorado Artist's Association show. I was awarded the Lorenzo Di Medici Presidents Award at the 2007 Biennale in Florence, Italy.

Through art, my goal is to express two things: my reverence for all forms of life and the loving relationships which they form, and recognition of the light and love that pervades all. Love is precious!