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Born 1954 Wichita, Kansas. Known for: Still life, figure, and portrait painting.
Born in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Ponca City, Oklahoma, she attended Chickasha, a liberal arts college, and then Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma where she studied art. She took three... Read full biography
Born in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Ponca City, Oklahoma, she attended Chickasha, a liberal arts college, and then Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma where she studied art. She took three years of private lessons from Richard Goetz, well known Oklahoma figure and still life painter, and... Read full biography
Born in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Ponca City, Oklahoma, she attended Chickasha, a liberal arts college, and then Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma where she studied art. She took three years of private lessons from Richard Goetz, well known Oklahoma figure and still life painter, and he and his wife Edith, former New Yorkers, encouraged her to go to the Art Students League in New York. She took their advice and remained in the city for 15 years. She attended the Art Students... Read full biography
Born in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Ponca City, Oklahoma, she attended Chickasha, a liberal arts college, and then Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma where she studied art. She took three years of private lessons from Richard Goetz, well known Oklahoma figure and still life painter, and he and his wife Edith, former New Yorkers, encouraged her to go to the Art Students League in New York. She took their advice and remained in the city for 15 years. She attended the Art Students League for two and a half years and there was a student of David Leffel with whom she developed a strong personal relationship. For her the time in New York was highly productive. She returned to the League to teach drawing and figure painting, found... Read full biography
Born in Wichita, Kansas and raised in Ponca City, Oklahoma, she attended Chickasha, a liberal arts college, and then Central State University in Edmond, Oklahoma where she studied art. She took three years of private lessons from Richard Goetz, well known Oklahoma figure and still life painter, and he and his wife Edith, former New Yorkers, encouraged her to go to the Art Students League in New York. She took their advice and remained in the city for 15 years. She attended the Art Students League for two and a half years and there was a student of David Leffel with whom she developed a strong personal relationship. For her the time in New York was highly productive. She returned to the League to teach drawing and figure painting, found gallery representation, and matured in her own style. But she tired of the hassles of the city and moved in 1992 to Taos, New Mexico, where her st... Read full biography
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Keywords (24)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Still Life
Art Association
- •American Women Artists
- •Artists of America
- •Oil Painters of America
- •Oil Painters of America-Signature Member
Art Teacher
- •David Leffel
Art School
- •Art Students League of New York, Student
- •Art Students League of New York, Teacher
- •Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art, Teacher
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Art Educator:Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
- •Figure Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Artists of America, Denver Rotary Club
- •Oil Painters of America-
- •Salmagundi Club, New York City-
Exhibition of Special Group
- •Buffalo Bill Art Show
Exhibition of Special Venue, Art Parks
- •Prix de West Invitational