CLASS OF 1929 ART GALLERY

M. E. Whitehill
"Along the Hudson”
Watercolors

Exhibit
Friday, September 12 to Sunday, November 9, 2008
Reception
Sunday, September 21, 2008 - 2 to 4 pm

Class of 1929 Gallery - 5th Floor - Eisenhower Hall

Gallery Hours
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, (except holidays).
Also open prior to all theatre performances.

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Artist's Biography

A native of Newburgh, NY, M. E. Whitehill supports her community through thousands of donated card images of historic buildings and Hudson River Scenes. She is descended from Thomas B. Pope, a nineteenth century artist, who worked and taught in Newburgh. Her career as an artist was postponed during the war years and while raising her four children.

Mary E. Whitehill has been working in watercolor for 28 years. She has studied with Edgar Whitney, Frank Webb and many other nationally recognized teachers of watercolor. Whitehill paints in a realistic style. She taught for several years at Barrett Art Center in Poughkeepsie, NY and Mt. Saint Mary College extension courses in Newburgh, NY. She enjoys painting on site or "plein aire" and has won many awards for her spontaneous impressions of the environment. In addition to her popular landscapes and florals, Whitehill has done hundreds of commissioned portraits of homes.

Whitehill is a signature member of the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, North East Watercolor Society, Salmagundi Club of NY, Kent Art Association, CT, as well as Ridgefield, CT, Southern Vermont Art Association, Ringwood Art Association and Community Arts Association, NJ and served as President of the Middletown Art Group. Her work is in private collections and the permanent collection of Mt. Saint Mary College and the Highland Telephone Company. She is also an active member of the new Wallkill River Gallery in Montgomery NY.

Artist's Statement:

"Preserving the environment and love of nature are strong motivators for the kind of work I prefer. I attempt to capture a moment in time so that others may see the same beauty and wonder that inspires me."

She has Paintings at Picture it Framed in Newburgh, New York, Goldsmith Denniston House, Newburgh, New York, Back Room Gallery, Beacon, New York and her home studio.