Fifteen years ago, Josie Bell converted the basement in her Utah home to a studio. At the time, she was raising her two-year-old son in Orem and attending art school. She felt fortunate to have a space to devote to her passion, which is creating art—even if the basement studio is cold in winter. She loves how she’s surrounded by nature, including walls of silent canyons, mountains, and stone formations. The sunset over a nearby frozen lake moves her. “It is magical to be able to stare at it, walk around it, smell and feel it,” says Bell, who’s originally from Brazil. “Leaving the tropics and embracing the winter’s heavy snow and hot summers of the desert works as a meditation for the inner.”
Inside the Studio: Josie Bell
Jennie Nelson Writes 