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Ramona Lofton Wright

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Born in 1948, in Los Angeles, California, Ramona Lofton
Wright’s earliest memories are of sitting at her mother’s
feet watching and singing as her mother tapped on the
pedals of the piano while playing Mozart, Chopin or
boogie-woogie. Ramona recalls delicate, miniature
porcelain slippers her mother fired in a red brick kiln
located in the basement of the family home in Prescott,
Arizona (her family’s homestead since the late 1800’s).

Ramona’s love of painting began over five decades ago
in kindergarten.

The instructor gave the students an assignment to paint
a picture of a large bowl of fruit situated in the middle of
the classroom. Ramona watched the other children,
and observed that their grapes were small and beady,
their bananas were skinny and shriveled, and their
apples did not look very appetizing. She set her goal.
She painted big, juicy, purple grapes; fat, shiny, yellow
bananas; deep ruby red apples and plump happy
oranges. Her entire worksheet overflowed with ripe,
succulent fruit. The teacher walked among the students
offering critique and encouragement, she stopped at
Ramona’s painting. With a twinkle in her eye she
exclaimed, “Ramona, this fruit looks good enough to
eat!” She accomplished her immediate goal and to this
day, approaches her painting with that same childhood
desire to bring something tantalizing, delicious and
beautiful from her palette to the table of her canvas for
all to enjoy.

Drawing on personal experience and a diverse family
heritage, it is Ramona’s desire to translate her passion
for life—a gift she inherited from her mother, Love
Jordan Valadez—into her paintings. As a youngster her
mother noticed her talent and took her to many art
classes. In elementary school, she played marbles in
exchange for paper so she could draw. She never had
enough paper. Her first painting of any note was an oil
of a Kachina doll. She won 1st prize at the Los Angeles
State Fair, what an excited day that was for the whole
family. In Jr. High School she would draw horses and
pencil sketches of students for lunch money. She
learned a terrible lesson when she drew a picture of a
young lady with an extremely large nose. Everyone said
it looked just like her but the student would not pay the
dollar because her nose was too long. Needless to say,
she went hungry that day. She studied at Scottsdale
Community College under David Sylar and Prof Dyer.
The family structure changed, necitating that she stop
painting and go to work. For over 20 years she worked
at Arizona Public Service. She has shown at the APS
Museum in downtown Phoenix. She retired when mother
became ill with cancer. She and her sisters took care of
their mother in her home until she died. She received
her mothers art supplies, books, easels and paint. She
picked up the brush again and knew she would never
put them down again.

Ramona’s medium is watercolor, pastels and acrylics.
Ramona lives with her husband of 24 years, Joseph
Wright and paints from her studio “Fine Art Done Wright
Gallaries” in Phoenix Arizona. Ramona and Joseph
have 12 children between them and 12
grandchildren.

If there is work that interest you, please contact me at
fineartdonewright@yahoo.com or cello1@cox.net. You
may also call me at (602) 437-5128 or send a fax to
(602) 437-5158.

Have a Clear Day
Ramona Wright