Krista Wargo graduated from the University of Wisconsin - Madison with a degree in Fine Arts. She also holds a Master's in Education degree. Initially, her paintings came from her imagination. Gradually, she became more and more interested in painting from observation. The desert landscape began to increasingly draw her attention. Living so close to Joshua Tree National Park afforded her the opportunity to get out into nature and paint “en plein air” (outside). Plein air paintings tend to be small, because the ever changing light...more