“I was just riding around town with my mother in January and taking photos of different buildings. In 2016 Hetzel’s subject was the Pink House, and in 2017 she featured the Shear Farm, of RidgeWalk fame. The Great Wellsville Balloon Rally poster tradition calls for the artwork to feature not only that year’s Ballonmeister’s balloon and locally owned balloons, but also a locally recognizable landmark. She attended Alfred University and received her bachelor's degree in art history from the University at Buffalo. Several years ago Hetzel was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and her paintings have been raffled during the annual Wellsville Multiple Sclerosis Walk to raise money to find a cure for the disease. I have come full circle in terms of my creativity and I am now free to embrace the philosophy of the great Isadora Duncan … my personal motto, ‘You were once wild here. It has taken many years for me to find myself as an artist. I paint things that altered my way of thinking and tug at my emotions. I get a kick calling attention to subjects and moments that often go unnoticed. On her Long Blue Star website, Hetzel, who now lives in Baltimore, explains, “I am a watercolor illustrator who tries to achieve personal expression while simultaneously creating something that brings people joy, even if it’s for a split second. She is the Creative Director at Graphic Essentials, a marketing and design firm in Baltimore. Her watercolors consist mostly of fashion illustrations and portraits which have been featured in monthly publications as well as for the New York Coffee Festival, Paris Fashion Week, the United Nations, Times Square, and for America’s Promise, Colin and Alma Powell’s Foundation.
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