I attribute my affinity for water and the extended family to growing up on the Gulf Coast of the Southern United States: water, the origin of life, and the Southern family, the substance of life, have a direct influence on my art.
Both my parents were excellent amateur artists, so it seemed quite natural for me to paint and draw, doing my first oil painting at age eight. My great-grandmother taught me to plant seed when I was about four years old, and I have been gardening ever since."-Judi Geer Kellas