Rhonda Greenwood ORIGINAL PAINTINGS

Rhonda Rene Greenwood began her career as an artist as a child drawing, singing and dancing. Her first painting of an Ojibwa native was shown at the Kalamazoo Art Center in Kalamazoo Michigan at age thirteen. At age fifteen, she decided to draw portraits on commission. Also, Rhonda produced posters and banners for local plays and events for various organizations. At age sixteen, Rhonda married James Alvin Greenwood.  She moved to California and had three sons, Jebadiah, Zachariah and Micah Greenwood.  During Rhonda's late teens and early twenties, she began to instruct students in popular painting techniques and she designed and created various woodcraft pieces for sale and on commission.  At age twenty-eight, Rhonda had a fourth son, Kezia Elijah Deming (Rap Artist & Songwriter ‘Big Raven’).  In her thirties, she began her career as a public artist painting murals, faux finishes, trompe l` oeil, signage, conceptual art, heirloom paintings, logo's, artist dolls and sculpture. She designed and created object d` art pieces (artist dolls) Le Plaisir French Dolls and she is also produced her first collection of paintings ‘Creatures of the Night.’  In her forties, she painted beautiful storefronts in the coastal town of Anchor Bay, California and she learned Photoshop. In her fifties, she married Duncan Nash McCoy and she began to create digital works of art.  However at age fifty-seven, she suffered the tragic devastating loss of her precious son, Kezia Elijah Deming.  He passed away from a lethal dose of fentanyl. Currently, Rhonda, who resides in Northern California, continues to paint and design beautiful works of art.  Beside putting the finishing touches on her son, Kezia Deming’s, portrait, she is creating a collection of paintings, ‘The Beach.’ Rhonda has been featured in many news articles involving her art work. She has painted for numerous clients in the bay area. As a versatile fine artist, Rhonda works in various mediums and prefers to paint paintings that shimmer with feelings of grandeur.  Also, she is preserving her son, Rap Artist ‘Big Raven’s’ music and she plans to make a movie of his life.

 My aim in art is to create a sense of beauty. In my subject matter I am imagining a dream-reality filled with elegance, color and light. Living in one of the most beautiful places in the world inspires me to dream big. But the vision is only half of the work. I am also an engineer, always striving to learn new ways of producing the finest possible finish to my pieces. I am unable to limit myself to a single subject or medium: I love to experiment and become expert in new techniques. My ambition is to support myself well with my art.