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Gourmet Artist Cooks, Paints and Sculpts Gourds

Merilou Jenkins, a California artist, taught gourmet cooking courses and practiced law for several years and always felt that something was missing from her life. Merilou’s love for the arts continued to weigh heavy on her mind and in her heart until she returned to the field of the arts that she enjoys as her true fulfillment. For several years she’s taught art in high school during the week and on weekends she is found busy passionately designing, sculpting and painting her gourds. She takes a plain boring gourd and majestically creates unique, dramatic masks, African sculptures of man or animal.

Her work has been honored by receiving numerous awards for Best of Show, Best Mixed Media Art, Best Organic Art, Best Three-Dimensional Art, as well as numerous first, and second place awards in various juried competitions. Merilou’s work has also been featured in several industry publications such as The Golden Gourd and School Arts magazine with the most recent being the October 2005 issue of The Crafts Report as well as the Fall 2005 cover story of Art Doll Quarterly.

2nd Annual Arizona Fine Art EXPO offers an experience of a life time.

It’s not every day that patrons have the opportunity to enjoy watching the creation of the arts in action. Merilou Jenkins is joined by another 114 world class artists working in their studio environment. The second annual Arizona Fine Art EXPO, a production of Thunderbird Artists, will be the exclusive setting for a wide-ranging collection of world-class paintings, stone, clay glass, bronzes and monuments sculptures that will be on display under the large white festive tents in Scottsdale, Ariz at the corner of Pinnacle Peak & Scottsdale Roads.

The Arizona Fine Art EXPO is a unique event that showcases juried artists applying their artistic talents in a working studio environment, giving attendees unprecedented access to some of the world’s most gifted designers, painters, welders, glass blowers, sketch artists and sculptors.