About
Bridget Bailey
Growing up in a family of artists in a small town in Northern California, my inspiration came from what was around me. I was lucky enough to have lived by a lake in the foothills of the Cascades, and spent most of my summer days outside swimming, making paintings, or doing photography. In high school, a friend convinced me to purchase a waterproof digital camera so we could take pictures in the lake, and that fateful decision marked the starting point of my career making art about the natural world. We were amazed by how much beauty could be captured underwater and I decided to pursue art and photography in college. During this time, I started working summers in Yosemite National Park. Influenced by the illustrations in my field guides, I began making my own field sketches. I realized my sketches were able to capture my time in Yosemite one step deeper than my photography was able to and I shifted course. Still inspired by the mountains and beaches of the West Coast, I hope to educate and engage viewers in science through my paintings and illustrations.