LaDeeDahDesigns
LaDeeDahDesigns
Tish Bengtson
Artist Bio
I grew up in a small logging town in Oregon. Summers were spent living in a serene place called Eden Valley. My family and I lived in a small cabin along the riverbank of a small river that wound through canyons and valleys before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. It is where I roamed alone playing with water skippers and a baby fawn before diving into our own nearby swimming hole.
My family life in the woods during the summer and attending school in a small logging town inspired me creatively, but I give most of the credit for my creative ability to my mother. She was a self-taught naturalist who guided others and taught classes about plants and wildlife. Her lifelong art was Native American basket weaving where she used pine needles and other natural fibers that she collected from the forests in Oregon. She also studied basket weaving with a Native American from Alaska. My mother’s creative talents and love for nature were clearly the largest influence and gift to me as an artist.
I find inspiration from what Mother Earth has crafted herself over the millennia. Her miracles of geology speak to me. It takes millions of years to create the gemstones that I use in my jewelry designs and in the pigments that I use in my watercolor paintings that are milled from semi-precious minerals extracted from the earth. These bold and powerful elements add gorgeous granulation and movement in my paintings. My use of color in my watercolor art evolves from what solitude in the woods all those years trained me to see and respond to.
The dramatic geology and landscapes in Arizona are perfect examples of the strength and determination of our dear Mother Earth. There are the bold earth tones, rough textures of sandstone and celebrated rocky points of The Superstition Mountains rising above the desert sand. The desert teaches us to take every step carefully and with close observation. The single cacti flower that celebrates this world for just one solitary day might be too easily missed. The small details are the most memorable.
I grew up in a small logging town in Oregon. Summers were spent living in a serene place called Eden Valley. My family and I lived in a small cabin along the riverbank of a small river that wound through canyons and valleys before emptying into the Pacific Ocean. It is where I roamed alone playing with water skippers and a baby fawn before diving into our own nearby swimming hole.
My family life in the woods during the summer and attending school in a small logging town inspired me creatively, but I give most of the credit for my creative ability to my mother. She was a self-taught naturalist who guided others and taught classes about plants and wildlife. Her lifelong art was Native American basket weaving where she used pine needles and other natural fibers that she collected from the forests in Oregon. She also studied basket weaving with a Native American from Alaska. My mother’s creative talents and love for nature were clearly the largest influence and gift to me as an artist.
I find inspiration from what Mother Earth has crafted herself over the millennia. Her miracles of geology speak to me. It takes millions of years to create the gemstones that I use in my jewelry designs and in the pigments that I use in my watercolor paintings that are milled from semi-precious minerals extracted from the earth. These bold and powerful elements add gorgeous granulation and movement in my paintings. My use of color in my watercolor art evolves from what solitude in the woods all those years trained me to see and respond to.
The dramatic geology and landscapes in Arizona are perfect examples of the strength and determination of our dear Mother Earth. There are the bold earth tones, rough textures of sandstone and celebrated rocky points of The Superstition Mountains rising above the desert sand. The desert teaches us to take every step carefully and with close observation. The single cacti flower that celebrates this world for just one solitary day might be too easily missed. The small details are the most memorable.
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