About me...
Doing art in many skills and capacities and writing a cookbook, "Pop It In The Toaster Oven," have been wonderful inspirations in my long creative history. Let me give you some history about my art career.
Many years ago I earned a BFA from the Minneapolis College Of Art and Design (it was called the Minneapolis School Of Art then) and through a full-tuition grant to Pratt Institute in New York, earned an MFA degree. I've been working as an artist for over 60 years in many skills and disciplines including acrylic painting, oil painting, water color, raku pottery, quilting, assemblage, collage, drawing with pen and ink, pencils and colored pencils.
To share my knowledge, in 2007, I built a website:
https://www.free-online-art-classes.com
which avails free information-rich art instruction to anyone online. It has videos and step-by-step lessons I've created including painting, drawing, collage, and printmaking, as well as art resources like Art Therapy, Art Tours And Travel, Finding The Artist Within and The Artful Life Program.
My YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/c/LoisDeWittPalateandPalette
has playlists of my over 400 art lesson and cooking demo videos, that are easily accessible to all.
I've shown in many galleries and exhibitions and my artwork is in over 60 private and corporate collections. I am grateful for the several galleries that represent my drawings--they provide real traffic and beautiful physical space for exposure.
In the past five years drawing with colored pencils became my passion and I decided to create an online art store to expand the viewing audience. I place my drawings in room settings so that viewers can see what they might look like on the wall of their own homes.
My motivation for this website is similar to what made me create my Free Online Art Classes website many years ago. Art and art information should be available for all!
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