Ruth Hewlett-Buckmiller was born in Utah in 1945. She has been a long time resident of Salt Lake City and Kaysville, Utah. Hewlett-Buckmiller is a painter who specializes in landscape themes..
Hewlett-Buckmiller attended BYU where she earned a BA in composite art. She is a member of the Intermountain Society of Artists, and the Utah Watercolor Society.
Ruth paints in all media but concentrates mainly on Oil and Acrylics. She is devoted to the beauties of the earth and the peace that it brings as she paints. It is her firm belief that there is energy and life in all the creations of earth and that there is light filling the earth and all her creations. Trying to capture that energy and light is the challenge she enjoys.
“In my current paintings, I am trying to put focus on some of the most vulnerable and hard-working people on the planet. Living with and working with these beautiful people has changed my thinking and changed who I am and how I see the world and it’s most important issues…. how we treat each other. I’ve come to appreciate their culture, their joy, their colors, and their drive to survive. They work so hard and complain so little. Maybe art and artists can amend history and tell a new story..”
