Most people are either, or.  Either right brain or left brain, that is.  Seeking's Angie Vandenbogaard of Jellybeans prefers to be both, and then some.  A multi-medium painter/business-owner and soon to be radiology technologist, Angie’s incredible juggling act is enough to make you feel like a bum on vacation.

“I’ve always been an artsy crafty kid. I made millions of messes in the house during my childhood, but rather than being scolded I was always encouraged to keep doing artwork, ” Vandenbogaard says.

Born and raised on a Canadian dairy farm, her inspiration from nature is well…natural.  Drawing from its simplicity, playful colors and silhouettes, Angie paints trees, animals, and whatever else inspires her right to left mind. “I’ve tried other ways of painting, but I find that high contrast really makes the colors pop. I’m also really fond of my white backgrounds,” she explains.

We are amazed at how much Vandenbogaard's rather simple color choice and placement can say.  Check out one of our favoirte pieces below, Daddy’s Little Girl, in which a large blue tree stands proudly and protectively over a small pink tree.  Kinda makes you tear up, no?  Watercolor isn’t the only medium that’s been good to her. “I’ve been experimenting with a lot of glazes lately and I’m really getting into the gel medium. I like anything that offers some texture.”

When she isn’t painting, you’re likely to catch Angie out playing sports, strumming her guitar, or as you might have suspected, snowboarding the Canadian mountain tops (as if she isn’t cool enough already).  Her favorite thing to do is lock herself in her room, “so no one can catch me”, blast some music on her headphones and throw a private dance party. “I’ve been doing it for years,” Angie laughs, “it’s a great way to release any tension from the day. I recommend it to everyone!” This is the surest way to "get in the zone", blocking everything out to focus her creativity solely on ze paint, ze brush, and ze canvas (much more fun to say things with a French accent).

Although her workload would throw most of us over the edge in a nanosecond, Angie doesn’t sweat the homework and exams… as long as she has a few bags of jellybeans lying around her desk. “They’re my favorite candy. We have a store right here in London (Canada) that sells every flavor Jellybelly so I can go and pick out anything I want. They’re my favorite things in the world! I go through bags of them during exams.”

Keep the jellybeans coming, Ms. Vandenbogaard.  You are what you eat, and in this case, you are Queen Jellybean!

For more information on Jellybeans and Angie visit:  www.seekingdesigners.com/jellybeans/