Joan Potter determined at a young age that she wanted to be an artist. After earning a bachelor of fine arts degree she worked as a fashion illustrator in New York. Then she met her husband and... Read full biography
Joan Potter determined at a young age that she wanted to be an artist. After earning a bachelor of fine arts degree she worked as a fashion illustrator in New York. Then she met her husband and traveled with him to Japan where the couple lived for seven years. Potter has two sons. Upon her return... Read full biography
Joan Potter determined at a young age that she wanted to be an artist. After earning a bachelor of fine arts degree she worked as a fashion illustrator in New York. Then she met her husband and traveled with him to Japan where the couple lived for seven years. Potter has two sons. Upon her return to New York her marriage ended and she became a single working mother. Potter was determined to become an artist and though she worked as a receptionist and waitress to support her children she still... Read full biography
Joan Potter determined at a young age that she wanted to be an artist. After earning a bachelor of fine arts degree she worked as a fashion illustrator in New York. Then she met her husband and traveled with him to Japan where the couple lived for seven years. Potter has two sons. Upon her return to New York her marriage ended and she became a single working mother. Potter was determined to become an artist and though she worked as a receptionist and waitress to support her children she still managed to paint a couple of hours each day. She studied at the Art Student's League in New York with David Leffel and Richard Phillips. Potter eventually began exhibiting her work at an outdoor art fair in Greenwich Village and her work quickly sold.... Read full biography
Joan Potter determined at a young age that she wanted to be an artist. After earning a bachelor of fine arts degree she worked as a fashion illustrator in New York. Then she met her husband and traveled with him to Japan where the couple lived for seven years. Potter has two sons. Upon her return to New York her marriage ended and she became a single working mother. Potter was determined to become an artist and though she worked as a receptionist and waitress to support her children she still managed to paint a couple of hours each day. She studied at the Art Student's League in New York with David Leffel and Richard Phillips. Potter eventually began exhibiting her work at an outdoor art fair in Greenwich Village and her work quickly sold. She was picked up by Grand Central Gallery. After visiting Taos, New Mexico for a group show in the early 1980s, Potter, a master signa... Read full biography
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About Joan Alex Potter: Books
Books & Publications (6)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Artists of America (Exhibition catalog)
1998
Bacon, Todd, Message for Denver Rotary Club
108 pages (color)
Artists of America Seventeenth Annual (Exhibition catalog)