An eye for art Vocation training helps turn passion to profession

Stephanie is an artist in our midst. “I am an artist,” she said. “Every day there’s a new idea. I’ve got to do it. It feels great.”

This is the creative process of Stephanie Wilcox, the artist behind the brands “Stephanie Wilcox Studio” and “Diversified Art.” If you haven’t yet seen her work around town, you will. Stephanie has been showing and selling pieces in more and more venues during the past several years. She is featuring her art at Amazing Grace in April and the St. Luke’s Amazing Grace in May.

“Stephanie is a very, very productive artist,” said her mom, Lynn Wilcox, who shares a Duluth home with her daughter. “She has always enjoyed art, and she always had a talent, but during the past 10 years or so, she’s really gotten into it. Somewhere in that time, Stephanie shifted over from ‘This is fun’ to realizing she really had something to share.”

Lynn recognized Stephanie’s talent early on. “When she was a young teenager, I started slipping her artwork out of her room, and I started framing it.”