Zelda Bills, painter and educator, was born in the Salt Lake Valley’s Holladay area. She earned academic degrees from the University of Utah (BFA, 1970; M Ed, 1976). A dedicated teacher, Bills wrote Oil painting: A Guide for the Beginner (1979). She taught at the Art School in Salt Lake City (the Zelda Bills Studio). Her work has been shown extensively in local galleries, in group shows as well as one-woman shows. She has painted throughout this country as well as Canada and Mexico, and is eloquent through both pictures and words regarding her vision of nature via the oil, watercolor, pastel, and mixed-media techniques. Her work is in the Sheraton Hotel Collection as well as private collections around the country.

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