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LaVerne Christopher
LaVerne's first memory of Cape Cod
started with a vacation in
Provincetown, Massachusetts. It was
love at first sight. She recalls a
profusion of rambling roses,
sparkling water, sunny beaches, and
white picket fences. She spent all
of her summers there until she
completed her formal art education,
then married a Provincetown man and
settled there where their three
children were born.
Although she had been painting most
of her adult life, LaVerne began her
art career in earnest in 1989 after
years as a businesswoman in Orleans,
MA. Since then her art talent and
art works have been recognized and
commemorated by twenty-one First
Place awards plus numerous Best in
Show awards in prestigious
competitions such as those sponsored
by the Pastel Society of America,
the Leo Diehl Competitions, and the
Copley Society of Boston where she
is a Signature Member.
It is not often that one finds an
artist so extraordinarily proficient
in oil, pastel, watercolor, and
acrylic. Her fine color sense,
composition, simplicity, and loose
style, which she consistently
demonstrates in her art, are the
very qualities jurors and judges
alike clearly appreciate.
Her formal education was acquired at
Michigan State University, and the
Butera School of Art, and
Massachusetts College School of Art.
Beyond that she studied privately
with such renowned artists as Henry
Hensche, Claude Croney, Marshall
Joyce, Al Brouilette, and Frank
Webb. Over the last decade her art
talent has been duly recognized and
public demand for her work has
increased accordingly. This has led
to LaVerne teaching her own private
courses in composition, oil and
watercolor and being invited to
demonstrate her painting style to a
variety of organizations. On top of
that she has been selected to
participate as judge or juror of
several Cape-wide art competitions.
Her professional affiliations
include the Copley Society of
Boston, Creative Arts Center, and
the Cape Museum of Fine Arts.
Presently, if you'd like to see
LaVerne's art
up
close and personal , it is
on display and for sale at:
Chatham Art Gallery, Chatham, MA
J. Todd Gallery, Wellesley, MA
Woods Hole Gallery, Woods Hole, MA
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