"Misty Afternoon"

"Fraidy Kats"

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Retiring from teaching in the year 2000, Judy began painting full-time. Having received her early training from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, she continues her professional growth by participating in workshops with artists whose work she admires.

Her very earliest inspiration came from her grandmother, Minna Anthony Common, a self-taught artist and naturalist. A nature center and state park has been named after her on Wesley Island in northern New York State. Further inspiration and early training was received from her Aunt, Catherine Johnson, a well-known, award-winning watercolorist, also in northern New York.

 She believes that artistic talent evolves from the inner creative self and progressive enhancement of artistic skills from painting.