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oil on canvas 72'' x 72''
Hurd earned a BFA in Furniture Design from The Minneapolis College of Art and Design, IN. She went on to lead school-age children in the creation of public murals for their communities. In 2006, she graduated with an MFA in Painting from The New York Academy of Art, and in 2017 founded the Artists Off Grid Residency program. She is also the founder of Spark Portraits, painting commissioned oil portraits from photographs and life. Hurd’s art- work has been the subject of numerous solo and major group exhibitions in New York City, NY, St. Barths, and California, as well as part of prestigious private and corporate collections, including Howard Tullman and Dasha Zhukova. Currently she lives and works in Western MA.