Hilary Winfield Art

Hilary Winfield has been creating art for as long as she can remember. When she was in the 4th grade, she won her first art contest and received $10 as an award. She remembers feeling delighted by the incident. Hilary grew up in North Carolina, which was a wonderful place for a creative person like her to grow up. During college, Hilary loved painting landscapes, specifically beach nature scenes, as well as waterfalls and mountains. However, she felt compelled to pursue a business-oriented degree and being an artist wasn’t a career option at the time. After college she traveled west across the U.S., visiting many national parks and some of the most beautiful places in the country. Hilary completely fell in love with the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest and in 2001 decided to relocate to Portland, Oregon where she began a corporate marketing career. In 2005, she started using acrylic paint on canvas to creating abstract art, and that’s how she got hooked on art. She explains that it was a perfect form of expression and a perfect way to become energized. Hilary found it to be incredibly refreshing and fulfilling to enter the studio and lose herself in her art. In 2007, she posted her work for sale with an online art gallery and quickly sold her first two pieces within a week. This was an amazing moment for Hilary and provided great encouragement to continue her work. In 2011, Hilary left her corporate marketing job behind and became a full-time artist.