Bev is a member of the Northland Artists’ Gallery, Weston, MO and the Albrecht-Kemper Museum, St. Joseph, MO where she has art for sale.  She has taught high school art for 20 years at Platte County R-3 where her students won several awards at various competitions. Nature inspires much of her art. The shapes, colors, and textures of nature provide the bases for much of her art.  She calls herself an “experimental artist” as she tries new mediums and has discovered much about herself through the process of creating. Some of this comes from teaching high school art for 20+ years and wanting to introduce new techniques to students. The body of her recent mixed media work is encaustic, using a wax medium.  She also has work is an alternative photography method called  cyanotype combined with eco-printing. University of Missouri – Housing and Interior Design, Design Management & Merchandising William Jewell – K-12 Art Education University of Missouri, KC – Masters Educational Administration KCAI: various professional development classes in art