Aida Guerry

Before coming to Fort Collins, Aida lived in New York and California. She has painted professionally for almost 25 years, has served in community art associations in California and Colorado and has been commissioned for several portraits, landscapes, seascapes, and reproductions of the old masters.

"I have dedicated myself to achieving the careful manipulation of oils on canvas. I strive to achieve those master like qualities of the "Old Masters" emulating my mentor Michelangelo. Although my training included many mediums, oil painting has afforded me the opportunity to use glazes and rework areas as needed. It has also given me the pleasure of achieving a style of my own. In my quest for perfection, I grow more confident each day by simplifying my work. I am constantly striving for some form of uniqueness by allowing for errors to be encapsulated within the canvas with each brush stroke. I am constantly evolving and have also painted numerous computer graphics, and photo manipulations. Being my worst critic, I gaze into the future in the hopes of becoming as fine a painter as those I have come to admire. It is with much gratitude to my creator, my family, and friends that I am able to bring to you those gifts of love."