‘I Believe in Callings’

Lying on her back, flat on the ground, watching the clouds’ antics for hours. Running barefoot through the woods, dog beside her, throwing her head back and embracing the sun with arms and laughter. Moving from full throttle to dead stop in an instant, captured by the beauty of a tree. Creeping up on a view as if trying not to scare it away, hoping to snapshot the perfect ray of light in the camera of her mind’s eye.

These are some of the earliest memories of landscape artist Romona Youngquist. They are also some of her most recent memories as she continues to embrace her earth-centric life with unbridled curiosity and joy.

Since she was very young, Youngquist has known she was going to be an artist. During a drawing period in an early preschool program, she drew a rooster. The teacher admired her work and showed it to the class saying, “Look at this; look at this art that Romona did.” Youngquist immediately thought, “Oh my goodness. I’m an artist; this is what I do.” That was the start of everything.

Read the full article in the March/April 2025 issue.