Artist's Statement

"My goal is to share my emotional and spiritual experience of the landscape through various media. Just as the landscape has multiple sights, sounds, smells and textures to enjoy, I incorporate photographs, sketches, natural elements and text with painting to try to give the viewer that same sense of discovery that the world has to offer. Layers of images, color and texture invite closer inspection and reward with story and meaning. The adventure of wandering the landscape translates into the adventure of experimenting with a new media or substrate in the darkroom or studio; my artwork is my invitation to viewers to join me on my adventures."

Judith Monroe

Biography

Judith Monroe creates mixed media artworks that incorporate photography, painting, drawing and writing. Judith’s unique creative process has been featured in both local and national media. Her work can be found in art galleries, select retail outlets and has been popular at the Crocker Art Museum’s annual art auction as well as at numerous art festivals. Her artworks are included in public and private collections throughout the U.S.

Judith was born and raised in Northern California and attended the California State University at Sacramento. She began as a Journalism major, and soon fell in love with photography, eventually taking every photo class offered. Judith yearned for the colors she remembered and felt, not the colors reproduced by film and photographic papers. To fulfill her vision, she embarked on a journey of independent study, exploring the art of hand coloring. She began working as an assistant to a commercial photographer and completed her bachelor’s degree in 1987.

Over the next several years, her husband's career as an Army pilot led Judith as far around the world as Germany and eventually back home again to Northern California. In 1996, as the mother of two toddlers, Judith came back to photography as a working artist. In 2001 she began sharing her art with students through arts education programs in local schools, museums and other organizations. Judith is constantly expanding her knowledge and experimenting with various media and alternative processes to communicate her own personal vision.