Judy started painting while living in Peru, SA, at the age of 26. That was over 40 years ago.
Upon returning to the USA, Judy worked as an artists’ model, where she met established artists, who critiqued her art. This was invaluable. She was taught how to “see” color, composition and expression. Her quest to learn more gave her the incentive to enroll at the University of Maryland for a second BA, in Studio Arts.
Ms. Hintz Cox resigned from her Psychiatric RN career to pursue art full time in 1999. For the past 20 years, Judy has developed a unique style as an abstract minimalist.
She has exhibited extensively throughout the USA.
Artist’s Statement
Art takes my breath away. Just thinking about it increases my breathing. I love looking at every kind of art there is. I love walking into my studio, smelling oil paint and turpentine. I love seeing stretcher bars and rolled canvas in the open space. I love seeing painted canvases stacked against the wall. I love putting a blank canvas on the wall and mixing paint on my palette of glass. And I love swinging my arm around with a paint brush to begin the process of creating something. I consider myself an abstract minimal artist.
Most of my paintings are serene and meditative. My work has a lot of white paint which I believe makes them feel spacious. For that reason I don’t frame my paintings because I want them to “breathe”. Some of my paintings appear more expressive, but they are minimal in color, meaning no more than 3 colors in the piece. All my paintings are painted with rapid energetic brush strokes. I believe that art is subjective and do not try to tell anyone what my paintings mean. If they create an emotion in the viewer, I consider what I’ve done successful whether a person likes it piece or not.
