Born in Cuba, Margarita Jourgensen(MarJour) is proud of her
Spanish and Dutch ancestry,
Margarita came to America with her parents and lived in Chicago
where she met and married her husband Ed.
His job offered worldwide travel opportunities ,allowing Margarita
to visit museums and galleries around the World.Margarita's favorite
is the "Prado Museum" in Madrid, Spain with its contemporary artists
buildings, including Picasso,
The more art museums and galleries she visited, the more she knew
she wanted to become an artist to have the ability to express herself
and her multiple concerns through bold color, forms and lines.
Margarita is not afraid to share her joy, emotions, contagious
enthusiasm and changing moods with you through her painting and
3-D collages.
After returning from Europe, Margarita settled in Colorado and
studied ceramics, batik, acrylic painting and photography at
Colorado Mountain College. During this period she studied
with with several artists in the Southwest area.