Billie Abbott, Marina
Member Since October 2015
Artist Statement Billie Abbott is from the greater San Francisco bay area. She began painting in 2013. For many years Billie worked as a technical illustrator, map arber and patent illustrator. The work was interesting but she longed to work in color. After leaving her day job, at the University of California, Billie decided to change direction. She took up painting and quickly found it to be a healing, transformative, avocation. Since then she has developed the technical requirements to turn her new found passion into an online business.
"I enjoy working with bold color while at the same time employing old world techniques. My methods are well suited to still-life painting. I am also exploring techniques in a genre mixing realism and impressionism.
Billie lives in the Monterey area with her sister, where they frequently drive the back roads looking for artistic inspiration.