Brenda Stevens'  journey as an artist began in the 1980s at the Arkansas Museum of Art in Little Rock, Arkansas where she took classes in drawing, painting, sculpture, and photography. In 1989 she turned exclusively to watercolor and studied under such noted artists as the California Scene Painter, Milford Zornes, Frank Webb, and Jack Shields. During this time, she was an active member of the Mid-South Watercolor Society and the Arkansas League of Artists. 

After re-locating to LaGrange, Georgia in 1990, Brenda was a founding member and the first President of LaGrange Artists' Guild, and was a member of the Atlanta Artists Club, exhibiting and selling work at their Buckhead and Galleria Mall galleries.  

In 2002, Brenda was hired by Callaway Gardens Resort, in Pine Mountain, Georgia, to teach watercolor to their guests. She created Watercolor Crash Course! a unique method of teaching that is fun for beginners, allows them to start and finish a small painting in four hours, and introduces them to fundamental painting techniques and color theory. 

During her thirty five-year career she's sold over a hundred paintings. She frequently paints commissions of private homes, and  special projects for organizations and businesses. Meriwether County Chamber of Commerce hired her to paint a whimsical walking tour map of the historic town of Warm Springs, Georgia. Two paintings, Cottonwood Creek and Sunflowers were purchased by Columbus State University and hang in the lobby of the Elizabeth Bradley Turner Center. Her work is included in many private collections.

In 2016, Brenda became the associate editor and contributing writer for the Columbus Artists Magazine, an online publication promoting the visual arts in Columbus, Georgia. Her work has been published in a juried competition, Postcards from the Palette, and as a cover for LaGrange Industry Magazine, and the Meriwether County's Chamber of Commerce Guide. 

2024   Juried into the LaGrange Southeast Regional with Shoal Creek, watercolor on Yupo.

Awards from the annual Columbus Artists Guild Members' Exhibition:

2022 Charles Lamar Davis - Allstate Memorial Award for Excellence in Watercolor. for St. George Island.

2018 Charles Lamar Davis - Allstate Memorial Award for Excellence in Watercolor for Road to Ft. Perry.

2015 Laurie Bode Memorial Watercolor Award - for Dune.

In 2014, Cat Brier, Hadden Woods, won the Carmike Cinemas Corporate Sponsor's Award in the Young Professionals' Time for Art event, an annual art auction that raises volunteer hours for local, non-profit agencies. In addition to winning an award, the painting also raised one hundred hours of volunteer time.  

Brenda's paintings are exhibited and sold at Gallery on Tenth in Columbus Georgia.  She is a member of Georgia Watercolor Society, and the Columbus Artists' Guild. She teaches watercolor and drawing at Columbus State University, Auburn University, and LaGrange Art Museum.