About Artist

Shirley Hooper is a watercolorist and mixed media artist living in Julian, California.  She is originally from Bogota, Colombia,  born into a family of artists, including dancers, musicians, painters and crafters.   Her artistic process began as a child while living in Miami, Florida.  She was exposed to the various forms of art after enrolling in art classes with famous  local and international artists.  After several years of study, she began exhibiting her work in Miami's famous Coral Gables Art Tour.  

In addition to art school, she also attended Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts program where she studied and became a chef de cuisine.  Her career in culinary took her from fine dining restaurant 1500 Degrees  in Miami from 2008 to the Arterra fine dining in the Del Mar Marriott in 2011.  During that time she met her husband and was blessed with two children, a girl and a boy. 

At present, her primary source of inspiration for her richly diverse media is her family and nature.