Tropic of Cancer Collage

Ouida Touchón is a visual artist from the western slope of Colorado who spends most of her waking moments at the easel or the press. She has her BFA in painting from the Kansas City Art Institute, and her Masters of Art from the University of Missouri at Kansas City in studio arts. In addition she has studied with mentors and distinguished print makers and painters in Italy, Mexico, and the United States. Her work hangs in the Federal Building of Las Cruces, the El Paso Museum of Art, the Dona Ana Community College collection, and private collections throughout the west. She has taught printmaking and painting as well as mentored young artists in her community. Her studio is a site for ongoing lessons in art that empower women to find their own creative voices through art making. Her book Morning Paintings has just been published by LuLu press and is used in art therapy sessions taught by mental health professionals. She is a member of the American Print Alliance, Southern Graphics Council , California Society of Printmakers, Los Angeles Printmaking Society, and Women Artists of the West among others.