Bobbie Lyn Powell is a mother, painter, sculpturer, collage artist and novice philosopher exploring the entaglement of our universal life experience and expression of love, using a variety of mediums, contrasting texture for viewer interaction. Bobbie has lived in Kansas her entire life and is a graduate of the University of Kansas in Fine Arts. Bobbie had a two month solo show in the Summer of 2011 and has shown her work regionally, including in Kansas City, Anthony and Arkansas City, KS. She created the Magnolia and Magic tree paintings using layered mixed-media including sand, pencil, pen and ink, oil and acrylic paint. Fast Asleep was created using colored pencil, pen & ink, & watercolor. "Painting trees gives focus to our undeniable connection and codependency with nature. I danced with each brush stroke to mirror the body's circulatory system to the tree's branches." "When I turned 27 I began to take joy from the color pink - where I had once loathed the color.

In the same year I decided I was ready to become a mother - where I had once feared and swore against it. My new appreciation for the color pink drew me to the Magnolia tree. Painting the beautiful early-spring blooms is my way of giving thanks to God, nature, the universe and thanks to my sweet bright light, my daughter, Sophia.".