Oil on Canvas

13 x 13

Bette Trono is a San Francisco Bay Area artist working in oil and acrylic medium, painting abstract and figurative work. Born in Sendai Japan, she lived in the Midwest before moving to California in the 80’s. She began her career in the art publishing industry as a graphic designer, art director and creative director before returning to painting. She works from her studio in Sausalito, CA.

As an artist, I am drawn to how our visual perceptions connect us to a place in time that we all intuitively feel, see, and remember – connecting us to our emotions and to each other. My compositions explore an ongoing interest in spatial relationships. Color, its emotional quality inspires me—the history, psychology of color; mixing colors to create visual environments and moods.