Biography

The unique and incomparable landscape of the Southwest has been Corey’s muse for as long as she can remember. Growing up in Arizona she spent countless hours exploring its deserts, canyons and forests, and these places with their ever-changing light and color remain her favorite things to paint.

Having been a professional gemstone appraiser for many years, Corey has an affinity for the spectacular colors of the Western landscape. They are pure, clear and crystalline and like gemstones they change along with the light. Corey’s paintings celebrate these ever-changing moments and capture them on canvas for the viewer.

Almost all of Corey’s paintings begin outdoors with the completion of an onsite study in which she records her direct impressions that are then used to create her larger paintings. Corey’s ultimate goal is to provide the viewer a visual journey to those places, where they can sense the sun on their skin, the breeze in their hair, the smell of creosote and the feeling of rocks and sand under their feet.

Corey never tires of the Western landscape, the haunting petroglyphs the shadows racing across the mountains and the clouds dancing in the sky. She lives in beautiful Wickenburg, Arizona with her soulmate, her pack of dogs and the many desert creatures she calls her wild pets.

Recent/UpcomingExhibitions
Cowgirl Up! Sigler Western Museum, Spring 2027
WAOW Phoenix Zoo Wildside Gallery Invitational, Tales of the West, Spring 2027
Cowgirl Up! Sigler Western Museum, 2026
Cowgirl Up! 20th Anniversary, Desert Caballeros Western Museum, 2025
55th Annual Mountain Oyster Club Contemporary Western Art Show and Sale, 2024
WAOW 54th National Juried Exhibition, Award of Excellence, 2024
Women Artists of the West, Dreamweavers Exhibition, Phippen Museum, 2024
Cowgirl Up! Desert Caballeros Western Museum, 2024
Cowgirl Up! Desert Caballeros Western Museum, 2023