Artist Bio
A native of Maryland, Wendy Bilas graduated with a BA from Duke and an MBA from Wake Forest’s Babcock School. Her formal art studies include training under nationally-acclaimed artist Andy Braitman, as well as workshops with impressionist Connie Winters and portrait artists Cedric and Jonette Egeli. In 2007, she was recognized as an Art with Heart Emerging Artist in North Carolina.
Wendy's love for the outdoors inspires landscapes in which she tries to capture the colors and light of nature as she sees it. While her subjects are always simple, she tries to use color, brushstrokes, and layering to create interest and complexity. Ultimately, it is the use of color that becomes the subject. She draws inspiration from classic impressionists, but it is her own sense of composition that gives her paintings the soulfulness to which she aspires.
Wendy works out of her home studio in Charlotte, NC, where she lives with her husband, ESPN basketball commentator Jay Bilas, and two children, Tori and Anthony.
Proceeds from her art sales help to benefit Athletes United for Youth, a foundation her husband created with partners Steve Smith, receiver for the NFL's Carolina Panthers, and Dell Curry, former NBA star. The charity funds after-school and summer programs for under-served students in Charlotte public schools, and Wendy is proud to help support it.
