About

Betty Chamness Trost is a Des Moines, Iowa artist who creates a life of color and texture through mandala stone painting, embroidery, and needle felting. She is a life-long and self-taught maker. Since 2016, when she retired from teaching at Iowa State University, she has focused on creating her art. She sells at a variety of indoor and outdoor art shows in the midwest. She enjoys teaching adult classes and does so at garden nurseries, art galleries, wineries, offices, and homes.