Best of Missouri Hands

The Stork Brought Paints

Posted at August 18, 2006 07:22

Veronica Greene’s paintings on fabric and silk were born from her own pregnancy and a furniture-painting class. Born and raised in Mexico City, she discovered her talent and interest in art while expecting her first child.

“I was taking a furniture painting class,” Veronica says. “I felt like I needed a hobby after I had my baby.” She bought an art book and made copies of the masters in miniature, which she compares to having private art classes with Monet and Van Gogh.

While experimenting with various art forms, Veronica realized she possessed a flair for working with fabrics. She loves hand-painting on silk, which she has been doing for more than five years, and dying her fabric to create one-of-a-kind specialties. Veronica likes the feel of fabric texture and especially enjoys seeing her fabric art worn. “The idea of creating a unique piece to wear thrills me,” Veronica says. “I create pieces that are out of the ordinary that will make a woman feel special wearing it.”

Veronica, who lives in St. Louis, seeks inspiration from “nature, a movie, my children, anything that helps me feel better about life and will help others, too,” she says.

See this Best of Missouri Hands member’s art at the Festival of Arts in St. Charles, the Painted Daisy in Eureka, and the gift shop at the St. Louis Artists’ Guild. Email her at sgreene@sbcglobal.net.

-By Kristy G. Flick

April 2006

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