Mendocino Artist Hilda Pertha’s “Ode to Day”

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Subtle but vibrant, this abstraction of a hibiscus in brilliant yellow is framed by a cluster of bird of paradise … Read more Subtle but vibrant, this abstraction of a hibiscus in brilliant yellow is framed by a cluster of bird of paradise blooms in the shady foreground—the latter simplified into bursts of the plant’s renown color duo. Bring a garden inside without the watering and weeding. Nice.
According to the Smithsonian Institution’s archives, the artist Hilda Pertha was born in Pensauken, New Jersey. She studied at the Philadelphia College of Art, the Barnes Foundation, and Settlement Music School. “In the 1950s she worked as a textile designer in New York City and Europe while trying to grow her painting career,” The Smithsonian archive relates, adding that she also stayed for a time in Norway, where she felt a strong connection to the land and people, exhibiting there, as well as in other parts of Europe.
Later living in coastal Northern California, “she was active at Mendocino Art Center as an exhibitor and teacher after being invited to teach by founder William (Bill) Zacha." She worked primarily in oils and also wrote more than 200 articles for the magazine "West Art.” Pertha died in Mendocino in 2011. See less