BIO
Betty Ann is a self-taught painter, with three years of scholarship classes at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston Massachusetts, providing her with the basic foundations of art theory and drawing.
For ten years, Betty Ann had been an active member in the West Roxbury Art Association. Her work has been displayed in a one-woman show at Daniel's Gallery in the Hebrew Rehabilitation Center, West Roxbury, Ma., two years acceptance into the Pembroke Arts Festival, two years into
the Carver Cultural Arts Association, as well as numerous group showings at local libraries and community centers in and around Boston, MA.
From 1997 to 2001 Betty Ann was a teacher for the Rambling Roses art class and has taught oil painting in both private sessions and at the Roslindale Community Center, Boston MA.
Classes at the community center have included those for children, ages six to fourteen and for adults. Combining her love, talent and skills in art with her skill and nurturing guidance as a teacher, Betty Ann has encouraged and developed the artistic talents of those new to art
as well as those who have painted for 35 years. Betty Ann is qualified to teach any level of talent, and delights in being able to bring the joy and sense of accomplishment to her students, as well as her gift of ~seeing~. Prior to 1997, Betty Ann was a student/volunteer teacher
at the Roslindale Community Centre over a period of ten years, attending art classes and happily filling in for resident teaching artist whenever required. Presently she is actively teaching private drawing and painting classes. Additionally, She also mentors and supports Artist
online.
Betty Ann has completed many commissioned works, including: murals, portraits of people, pets and houses, wildlife, landscapes and seascapes. She is experienced and practiced in a variety of mediums, but her true love is oils and colored pencil.
Having moved from Boston in 2001 to Carver Massachusetts she will begin again to establish herself as artist and teacher in a new area. An exciting future of painting awaits her, as now finally she is living where she has always dreamed of, closer to her beloved Cape Cod.