Gretchen Papka grew up in a small town in central Wyoming where her family owned and operated the only newspaper in town. Her early experiences with printing equipment and presses helped develop & direct her toward formal training in commercial art with Parsons School of Design in New York City. After spending a summer studying in Paris and graduation - she worked as an Assistant Admissions Director and representative of Parsons by traveling across the United States speaking and reviewing portfolios for college level artwork. She worked as a graphic artist in the commercial art field for many years, but in the last 10 years she began to experiment with mixed media and painting with encaustics. |
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Papka has a trained eye for color, composition, texture, balance and intuitive ingenuity when it comes to creativity. Her current work is described as "an intuitive connection to a piece through experimentation and manipulation of texture, color and content." |
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