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Artists:
Rosalind Cook, Timothy Chambers, Patricia McMahon Rice
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Professional history
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Education:
- Kettell Home School, High School Graduate, 2008
- Studied oil, pastel, graphite, and ink under Patricia Rice, fall 2005-spring 2007, photography and illustration workshops, summer 2006
- Studied oil panting under Timothy Chambers, spring 2007
- Studied fundamentals of drawing, anatomy, oil painting, and pastel under Natalie Litwinowicz, spring 2004-spring 2005
- Studied fundamentals of drawing, charcoal, pastel, and extensive studies of acrylics under Mary Abing, summer 2003
Honors and Awards/Grants:
- Winner, 27th Annual Congressional Art Competition for the 1st District of Virginia, "Chesapeake Bay Crab"-pastel, displayed in U.S. Capitol gallery for one year, received Savannah College of Art and Design full scholarship subject to application and jury, 2008
- Winner, 26th Annual Congressional Art Competition for the 1st District of Virginia, "Quiet Tranquility"-pastel, displayed in U.S. Capitol gallery for one year, received $5,000 Savannah College of Art and Design scholarship, 2007
- "Best of Show," Patricia Rice's Student Art Show, Art Beat Gallery, Old Town Manassas, VA, "Quiet Tranquility"-pastel, 2007
- Winner, color pencil, Catalog Cover Design Contest for 54th Annual Fauquier County Fair, art piece printed on 55th Annual Fauquier County Fair catalog cover, 2004
Related Work Experience/Professional Experience:
- Business Owner and Manager of Grace's Art Studio LLC, 2006-current
- Commissioned for portraits, family portraits, pet portraits, and greeting card design
- Prints on display for sale through Framecraft’s Frames and Fine Art, Warrenton, VA
- Worked on set designs and props for backdrops and stages for church performances
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Lorton Art Foundation
9601 Ox Road
Lorton, VA 22079
www.lortonarts.org
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Collections
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Latest activities
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Commissions:
40 x 60 Oil painting - a view looking off a patio out at the Chesapeake Bay and the beach
Christmas ornaments for Framecraft.
13 x 19 ratio, graphite drawing - a little boy
Projects:
Recently finished the ornament for the 1st Congressional District of Virginia that will hang in the White House this Christmas.
Publications:
Discover Fauquier County's Values, featured article "Local Artist Wins 2008 Congressional Art Competition," October 2008 issue.
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