Beverly Hayden

Although I have actively incorporated various forms of art into my life since I was a child, I resisted the urge to seriously create art until 2003. Prior to my metamorphosis, I spent seven years working as an attorney in Nashville, Tennessee, practicing commercial bankruptcy and litigation. Despite many years and the equivalent of several small mortgages invested in that profession, I realized that it did not satisfy my inherent need to be creative. In January 2003, I terminated my legal practice and embarked on a tremendous adventure with my dream of uniting photography with my passion for travel.

I spent the first three months of my liberty in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, studying Spanish, beautiful light and the art of making margaritas. Upon my return to the United States, I spent the summer in Missoula, Montana at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography (RMSP). There, I participated in an intensive course in photography that compressed into three months the rigorous study of advanced photography, black & white darkroom, outdoor photography, studio lighting, photojournalism and digital processing. While at RMSP, I discovered a passion for creating fine art photography. After graduating from RMSP, I returned to my hometown of Paducah, Kentucky (recently dubbed “Soho of the South”) and created Angled Art, LLC, a photographic art business. Since my return to the Paducah area, I have been exhibiting my work in galleries and art venues around the country.

In March, 2004, I joined Paducah’s Artist Relocation Program, winner of the national Outstanding Planning Award for Special Community Initiative. As part of this program, I acquired an 1888 Victorian/Romanesque house in Paducah’s historic LowerTown Arts District. In January 2005, that house became the home of the Angled Art Gallery where I exhibit my work and that of other national and international artists.