Born in Texas and raised in Missouri, Harper received a bachelor of fine arts in painting from Utah’s Brigham Young University in 2002. After several years of selling her work through boutiques and frame shops – and even on eBay – she made the decision in 2007 to focus on her art full-time. Harper is a member of the Oil Painters of America and American Women Artists. Her work has been featured in American Art Collector, Southwest Art, and the Salt Lake Tribune. Her preferred painting method is alla prima, and her paintings are a study of light, color and form. She paints from her studio in American Fork, Utah, where she lives with her husband, a few rascally chickens, and her new yellow lab, Cricket.