Claudia Lima
Arcata, CA
I love to paint all that represents logging, and agriculture the Pacific Northwest
MessageClaudia Lima was born in San Diego and grew up in the small town of Julian, California. She is the oldest of nine children. She graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a degree in Animal Science. After graduation she went to work in the family lumber business in San Diego. In 1982 she moved to Ukiah, California and opened her own wholesale lumber brokerage business. A decade later she married her husband John, a logging contractor, and moved to Humboldt County.
She currently lives in Arcata, California with her husband John and son Christopher. Claudia began focusing on oil painting through classes at Humboldt State University. She then began to paint what she found meaningful, the country, the lifestyle, but most of all the people. Her work concentrates on an impressionistic style of the subject matter of logging and agriculture in Humboldt County. She is currently working as a full time artist.
www.claudialimaart.com
Statement
Painting is a very messy business....and I'm a pretty messy girl.
My main focus is on the men that work in the woods, (messy work). My husband, John is a logging contractor and I grew up in the lumber business. I love everything about the lumber and timber industry. The country, the smells, the lifestyle, the deals, but most of all, I love the people. I hope that my paintings convey the hearts and souls of these good men. Most of the paintings, of the loggers, are of the men that we work with and for.
I also paint the agriculture of Humboldlt County and the men and women who are a part of this great industry.
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