Bernadette Ortega is a senior at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania working on her bachelor’s in art education (K-12) with a concentration in painting and minor is English Second Language (ESL). She was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador and moved to the United States of America at four years old. From young age, Bernadette has always been attracted to the creative art making process. Currently, she is student teaching and ready to contribute knowledge of holistic motived fine arts education all while instilling talent for art appreciation, promoting creativity, problem solving skills and open mindedness to art students.

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Artist Statement: Art to me is about making people react and reappraise their everyday lives. I mostly love working with oil paints, colored pencils, pastels, and oil pastels. I am extremely gravitated to color and find my work expresses a colorful imaginary utopian world in my head. Inspiration for my works come from nature, social issues, mental health, fantasy meets reality and more.