A family tradition compels Tricia Higgins Hurt to paint the Southwest, particularly Taos and Northern New Mexico, in a manner fostered by long association with her great uncle Victor Higgins, co-founder of the renown Taos Society of Artists.
Working in oil for the past forty years, Higgins Hurt’s paintings are described today by collectors and gallery owners as high energy landscapes – somewhat stylized, yet not too far from reality. “My landscapes are conceived on location and the subjects are identifiable places, but back in the studio eclectic and sometimes surreal colors take over and the paintings emerge as a unique blend of traditional and contemporary art.” For 12 years she taught art and for 10 years she owned and managed her own fine art gallery.
Higgins Hurt’s professional studies include the University of Virginia; Worcester Art Museum School, New England; Edward Lis, prominent Philadelphia painter and teacher; and Victor Higgins, Taos, New Mexico.
Tricia Higgins Hurt is the only living relative of the late Victor Higgins who is painting professionally. Her work is avidly collected both nationally and internationally, including United States and Foreign dignitaries.
