Regina Brandt

Regina Brandt – Fine Artist, Sullivan, IL
Business owner of A Scents Worth, an aromatherapy and essential oil company
Website: ascentsworth@yahoo.com
Specialties: Acrylic Painting, Portraits, Abstractions, and Drawing

All work in this gallery is the original artwork of Regina Brandt. All images in this gallery are protected by US and International Copyright laws (Copyright 2009).

I was born in Normal, Illinois in May of 1968. My earliest memories of drawing and being interested in art started at a very early age. When I was a child (4 or 5 years of age), I can remember watching my oldest sister draw and asking her to show me how. I was also very interested in music, because I grew up performing and singing in my family’s bluegrass band at the age of 4, and also started playing the drums and flute at age10. At age 13, my sisters and I started our own country group. One of the highlights for us was being selected as the front band for the country group, Little Texas. It was a very exciting time for us.

Throughout grade school, high school, and college, I continued to pursue art and music as well. I graduated from Wabash Valley College with an Associates in Art and Science. In May of 2001, I received a Bachelor of Arts Degree with minors in Chemistry and Psychology from Eastern Illinois University. In 2003, I graduated from EIU with a Masters in Gerontology. Although, I made many changes over the years, one thing stayed constant…..my love for art and creating.

My media of choice is Acrylic painting, but I have worked with pastels, watercolor, 2 dimensional design, pen and ink, pencil drawings, markers, collage, etc. I prefer working on a large-scale stretched canvas and using acrylic paints. My strength is in painting portraits. I have also done portraits and paintings on commission. In addition, I have displayed my artwork at local galleries and state competition and would like to get more involved in displaying my art work in the future.