Silvia Trujillo

With a history in fashion design, Silvia Trujillo has over 20 years of experience in fine art study, painting, and teaching. She is a master colorist, emphasizing color relationships and works in both impressionistic and realistic styles. Being influenced by post-impressionists and modernist landscape painters like Tom Thomson and Wayne Theibaud her work is bold, lively, and visually stimulating. Silvia's love of the natural world takes her into the realms of landscape, portraiture, animals, and botanicals.

Trujillo is an accomplished artist and art instructor from the Sacramento, California region. She has won numerous awards for her paintings, including "Best of Show"; and many other top awards in juried national shows. Her work has been exhibited in The Crocker Art Museum, California State Capitol Office of the Governor, and The Haggin Art Museum. Silvia has performed guest lectures and demonstrations for several artists' associations, California State Art Educators, and at Barnes & Noble bookstores. Her paintings have appeared in a variety of regional newspapers and magazines. Her art is published for the commercial market in the form of prints and cards by the Sacramento Tree Foundation and by Art Connex Publishing in Petaluma. Her work is part of corporate and private collections throughout North America, South America, and Europe.