On February 7 at 3 pm at the Lyme Art Association, master watercolorist and LAA Elected Artist, Jeanne Carol Potter gives an art talk on “My Life in Watercolor”. “My Life in Watercolor” will tell the story of how Jeanne Carol Potter began her journey to becoming an artist, a teacher, and exhibiting her work in national juried exhibitions. Jeanne will talk about her early art education at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the influence of the Pittsburgh steel mills on her urban landscapes, and some of the major artists, like John Singer Sargent, Vermeer, Jean August Ingres and Winslow Homer, who have influenced her art of the portrait and landscape. Jeanne will also share examples of her travel sketchbooks in France and Italy, highlights of her professional career as a gallery director and art educator and will present works from her portfolio of watercolors while sharing tips on painting portraits, landscapes and still lifes.

About The Artist: Jeanne Carol Potter
Jeanne Carol Potter has more than fifty years as an artist, teacher, and fine art professional. She was the longtime Director of the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport and Resident Curator and Director of Art Education at The Ocean House in Watch Hill, RI. Previously, she was an assistant Dean of Continuing Education and Adjunct Professor of painting and drawing at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C., an editorial designer for Time-Life Books, and corporate art buyer for Union Carbide in New York. She holds her BFA and MFA degrees from Syracuse University College of Visual and Performing Arts. Her post graduate studies include the Art Students League in New York and master portrait classes with Burton Silverman, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Philip Pearlstein and Hananiah Harari. She is an Elected artist member of the Lyme Art Association, the Hudson Valley Art Association and Connecticut Women Artists. Her watercolors have been featured in Splash: The Best of Watercolor and Artist’s Magazine. Jeanne currently teaches watercolor and drawing classes at the Lyme Art Association in Old Lyme, CT and is actively exhibiting in national juried exhibitions while creating new works in her studio Atelier Jeanne.