Wendy Hamilton was born in Chicago, IL with a passion for all things creative. She moved to La Jolla, CA in 1989, where she lives today with her husband and two teenage sons. Although she enjoyed a successful career in sales and marketing, her artistic passions drove her pursue more creative endeavors such as jewelry design and painting. She worked as a volunteer art teacher for elementary school-aged children for 9 years, and chaired multiple Art/Décor committees for several charitable foundations in San Diego. In 2012, Wendy began devoting more time to create her own art, exploring the techniques of abstract artists she admired such as Frankenthaler and Rothko. Originally intending to create pieces for her own home, it wasn't long before people took notice and she began to receive steady requests for her work. Her process begins by creating surface texture. Each piece is then layered with acrylic paints, inks, glazes and other mediums. Surfaces may be scraped, marked, poured or manipulated until there is a sense of depth or a suggestion of a story untold.