As a child, Silvia Rutledge was continually painting and drawing with her mother. She grew up in a small Canadian beach town on Lake Huron. Silvia decided to dedicate her talents to painting full time. The surrounding wildlife and Canadian wilderness was spectacularly gorgeous. To improve her artwork, she decided join a serious art school and produced oil and pen and ink pieces which she sold on location while living abroad in Paris, Germany, Greece and Italy. Silvia subsequently moved to California and has been in love with the light and the landscape ever since. She studied Studio Arts at Michigan Art Institute, Detroit, Michigan, and at Art Academy University, San Francisco CA.
Her outstanding pieces of art include 'Alpine Vistas' of Sierra Nevadas, 'Wine county Chefs', 'Landscapes of California’, 'Bavarian Alps and Villages', 'San Francisco City Life', Portraits of wine country chefs, 'Island Fever' Santorini Greece', to name just a few. Where she lives, Silvia finds herself surrounded by some of the most stunning subject matter for which any artist could dream of. From an early age, she fell in love with nature. That love is still as strong as ever. She spent every moment he could to observe the intricacies of nature’s form and light. She has exhibited at Rochioli Vineyards, Seasons Design Gallery, Trentadue Vineyards, Sonoma Eyeworks, and Graton Gallery. Her art is availed in a variety of finishing option, with the most popular being framed Silvia Rutledge art. This is because these come ready to hang with all the required accessories.