Botanical Art by Amy Welch – Green Hills Art Gallery

Botanical Art by Amy Welch is on display in our Green Hills Art Gallery until Fri., Aug. 14.
Hours are Mon. – Fri., 8 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.; Sat. and Sun., 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Amy Welch is a retired Physician Assistant who splits her time between Ames, Iowa, and Austin, Texas.  She has loved art from childhood and took art classes throughout high school. Art took a backseat as she continued her education, had children, jobs, and engaged in her community. After her 40-year hiatus from art, she retired from a long career in mental health and medicine in 2017. With her newfound time, she took up art again, starting with a local class in acrylics, then a workshop in oil, and then watercolor. The real fun started when she took a nature journaling class.  Amy calls this her “gateway drug to botanical illustration.”  (https://www.prrcd.org/an-interview-with-a-botanical-artist/)