Award-winning artist Mandy Roeing resides in Downs, Illinois with her husband, their two daughters, and their two cats. Mandy began her art career when her love of animals and passion for painting merged through commissioned pet portraits, which is something she continues to create today. To learn more about Mandy’s pet portraits, click here.

The beauty and tranquility found in nature are Mandy’s biggest inspiration. She enjoys painting landscapes and seascapes, especially when she has the opportunity to work on location. Water is a recurring subject matter for the artist, found not just in her paintings of the beach, but also in much of her landscape work.

All of Mandy’s paintings are done in soft pastels, a beautiful and versatile medium that she is passionate about sharing with others through both her work and classes. She holds regular classes in painting and drawing at her studio and gallery space in downtown Bloomington, IL and is an instructor for the McLean County Arts Center, the Peninsula School of Art, and the Allerton Folk School.

Mandy earned her BFA in Studio Art from the University of North Carolina in 2004. She is the Vice President of the Illinois Prairie Pastel Society and is a member of the Peoria Art Guild and McLean County Art Center. She is also a past president of the Pastel Society of NC. Her work has been published in The Pastel Journal Magazine and The IAPS Globe and is in numerous private collections throughout the country and abroad. To learn more about Mandy’s work, please contact her with any questions. For open hours of the artist’s studio-gallery, classes, and other events, click here.