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.
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