History
Becoming an artist is my third career, but one that has long been a dream come true. I retired from my first career of teaching after twenty-seven years. This included high school, elementary, junior high and adult education in Orange County Schools, Orlando, Florida.
While living in Orlando, I had the opportunity to study art under Clayton Martindale, an oil painter, illustrator, as well as an accomplished teacher from Chicago. These classes included architectural rendering, which I considered as a career, but found it did not suit my natural impressionist style.
Before coming to Orlando, I taught school in Arizona and received a Master's Degree in education from Arizona State University at Tempe. I developed a deep love of the desert landscapes and sold my first painting on this subject.
My desire is to capture some of the beauty of light as reflected in a landscape. I consider trees one of the most beautiful things God has ever created and never tire of painting them in all their varieties in watercolor and acrylic.
I am married, have four children and eleven grandchildren who often become subjects for portraits. h
To contact Vivian, call (386)322-8710..
Merit Award - 2005 - Palette & Brush Members' Show
"Desert Light" - Acrylic
Two Best of Show Award - 2005 & 2006 - Palmetto Club for Collage
"Looking Glass"
"Miniature on Yupo"
1st Place - Macon County Fair , Franlkin N. C. for Collage - 2005
Achievement Award - 2005 Daytona Art League - Members' Show
"Sugar Mill Window"
Work is now being shown in Franklin, N. C. at the Macon County Art Gallery
200t Ponce Line Art Guild Award - collage - "The Looking Glass"
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