Reese always wanted to become an artist. Her most direct inspiration came from her grandmother who painted. She still remembers the smell of the fresh-squeezed oil paints and the image of her grandmother in front of the canvas. But it was not until later in her life that she decided to take her inclination much more seriously. When painting, she favors flowers, vegetables and fruits. She looks for appealing forms and colors, in which she tries to please her aesthetic needs and hopes to please the eyes of the viewer as well.

For Reese, painting is the open door to an exciting world of form and color. Painting provides a place in which she can create freely and come back to the real world full of renewed strength and with a fresher, healed soul.

[artist biography by Ximena Cisneros; artist photograph by Colleen Ice]