Artist Profile: Ginny Young

Ginny Young

2100 Prairie Lea Place
Manhattan, KS 66502

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Artist Ginny Young A love for color, beauty, and expression motivates artist Ginny Young. Born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas, Ginny gained her love for art from her artistic dad, a printer by trade. As a child, she watched as he drew pen and inks at his homemade drawing table. After college and becoming a farmer’s wife, she began dabbling in art. While raising three daughters, she took local classes and workshops. To bring more art opportunities to her rural area, Ginny organized painting workshops taught by professional artists. A life-change led her to Colorado for several years, where she graduated from The Art Institute of Colorado in Denver, before moving back to her hometown of Manhattan. Her business, Art by Ginny Lea, includes kitchen and bath design, interior design, staging, decluttering as well as her art. Throughout the various seasons and challenges of life, art has continually been a refreshing retreat and source of joy for Ginny. “I can’t imagine life without it,” she says. “I have to be creative in some capacity or another.” Her award winning art can be seen in such locations as Good Samaritan Exempla Hospital Lafayette Colorado, YMCA conference center Estes Park, Pepsi Corporation in New York, former Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, Gettysburg Pennsylvania Presbyterian Church, Kansas State University Kappa Kappa Gamma, the home of KSU Football Coach Bill Snyder, and the Fort Collins “Rearin’ to Go” public art project. A lover of variety, Young’s subject matter includes still life, floral, figure, landscapes and abstract. Art mediums she uses include oil, watercolor, acrylic, collage, and mixed media. Her use of light, color, texture, and pattern are vibrant and expressive. Originals, commissions, giclees, prints, and notecards are available. Ginny highlights the beauty of everyday life. She takes the common, sometimes “unnoticed” things and makes them beautiful. Viewers often comment how joyful her work is. Creativity is Ginny’s lifestyle and passion. She is inspired by both the common and the grand, believing that all beauty and creativity comes from God, the original and ultimate Creator. artbyginnylea@gmail.com Instagram, Facebook: Art by Ginny Lea