Meadow Gist

Senior Instructor

Meadow began studying at Watts Atelier in 2002 and started teaching drawing and painting not soon after. She chooses subject matter she paints to express a love and respect of a simpler life when you grew your own food and more things were crafted by hand. She enjoys presenting a romantic view of bygone days, sharing this optimism with all who view her paintings. Her inspiration comes from the painting of the Russian Impressionists and the way they paint daily life, as well as the Orientalists and the pride they bring to the simple man. Enamored with the plight of the craftsman, the rural worker, and Native Americans, she enjoys trying to express the relationship between them and what they produce in a visual narrative.