Sally Rutledge, born 1946, grew up in the midwest US; Kalamazoo, Michigan to be exact. She pursued all the various arts, but even in these early years, watercolor was her favorite medium. In her late teens and early adult life Sally's university studies centered around training in the classical arts and she began exhibiting seriously at this time. Living in different areas from the East and West coasts to Guatemala added unique qualities to her palate.


For many years Sally devoted much of her time and energy to parenting. Within this task came the study, and many years of Waldorf teaching - based on Anthroposophy, a spiritual science of Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner. This led to Goethe's theory of color where new spiritual meaning entered the art of painting.