Greta Sandquist
Greta trained as an illustrator and worked in commercial art for 15 years before following her heart into her true passion of painting in 2010. She began selling her work at art fairs and local galleries and shops, and occasionally doing commission work.
Greta has been fortunate to have had amazing mentors along the path of her creative life, from fantastic high school art teachers to painting classes that truly inspired her. But ultimately, she is primarily self-taught. Through intuition and a lot of trial and error, she has developed her own distinctive style.
Greta creates modern impressionistic paintings inspired by nature, portraiture, and animals. Her passion is to capture the mood and essence of her subject through fresh, bold brushstrokes, brilliant color, and pattern work. Greta works with oil paint, acrylic paint, and metal leaf. Her paintings are created on wood or hardboard panel rather than canvas because the smooth hard surface allows the paint to flow freely.
Living and working in St Paul, Minnesota, she balances her art life with her home life of 3 kids, 2 cats, a husband, and good friends.