About Belinda Gilliam Ivy
Belinda Gilliam Ivy is a contemporary realist painter specializing in portrait paintings on linen canvases and watercolor painted on archival boards. Her subjects typically include children, family groups, dignitaries, and pets. She prefers to paint her subjects from photographs she takes in their familiar environment while participating in activities or interacting with their pets. It is easy to determine from viewing her work that she has an eye, not just for light, form, and color, but also for personality. Clients describe her work as “alive, sensitive, and expressive.” Her portraits are widely viewed in private and corporate facilities. She has exhibited and won numerous awards in a large number of regional exhibits and one-woman shows. Her works have been featured in magazines and newspaper articles.
She obtained a degree in fine art and art education from The University of Tennessee. She taught art in public schools for 30 years. All her life she has studied the works of historically important artists.