Brenda Fox, Iconographer

Visual Art – Phoenix

People often ask me how I got started painting icons, and I tell them, "Well, it found me!" I took my first icon class in 2003 and my instructor asked me if I had ever painted one of these before. When I told him,"no" he said, "Well, I don't normally say this to my students, but I think you have something here." I didn't really know what he meant by that at the time but, continued to study under various Master's including several Russian Iconographers. In 2010, I was asked by some of my friends if I'd be willing to teach them how to paint an icon. The rest is history. Thus, I combine my years of experience as a Board Certified Art Therapist into teaching people how to paint icons in a retreat like format. I also paint on commission. My icons hang in various churches, chapels, in private homes as well as being sold at The Sacred Art Gallery in Scottsdale, AZ.