Betty Jean Billups

Sandpoint, Idaho

Betty Jean Billups, The Red Door, 16 x 20" oil

"Capturing an inner feeling, a moment in time so quickly passing...A moment that is beyond words, almost beyond thought. In art, as music, there are rhythms, movements, flow and ebb...." Betty Jean Billups

Billups is the winner of Grand Purchase Awards and blue ribbons in national and international shows, and has been featured in many art magazines throughout her career, including Southwest Art, U.S. Art, Art talk, Sun Storm Publications, Art West, InformArt, to name a few.

Her work hangs in collections throughout the U.S., Canada, Israel, Africa, and Japan. Some of these collections also are the home of Picassos, Henry Sharps, and other leading contemporary artists of the U.S. Some of the public collections include: The Royal Palms Hotel of Phoenix AZ (who own 4 of her plein air paintings); the United States Air Force; Alamita Corporation of Tucson AZ (Native American painting), to name a few.

Of the private collections many enjoy her plein air paintings.

For more detailed information on Billups’ training, professional activites, many accomplishments and the many galleries that represent her, please see her website at www.bettybillups.com.