So Excited

I am so excited for my good friend 

Marsha Gleason 

who won a Juror's award at the

 Concord Art Association's Juried Members Show. 

I got to really know Marsha while taking the 

Catherine Kehoe class at Mass Art last semester,

and it was great fun. 

This is the self portrait she did 

as her final project.

(In her 1966 Shasta Camper studio) 

11 x 14 oil 

An incredible likeness!

She truly captured herself 

as you can see. 

They even used her painting for the marquee! 

How fun is that? 

Here's her intersting bio:

Marsha Gleason is an artist who lives and works in Northboro, Massachusetts. 

Marsha received a BA in Fine Arts and Education from Westfield State University in 1974. 

She was a passionate art educator for 30+ years in public schools, 

achieving National Board Professional Teaching Status in Early and Middle Childhood Art, 

and Massachusetts Master Teacher Status. 

She served as a mentor and PDP Workshop provider for teachers 

in her school district of Southboro, Massachusetts.

Beyond the Art Room, and after a fulfilling life dedicated to her family and students, 

Marsha is refocused on her own work, painting in oils - mostly figures from observation. 

Her studio is a restored 1966 Shasta Camper/ Studio which sits under a tree in her back yard.

Marsha has recently studied at The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA, 

Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, MA, 

South Shore Arts Center, Cohasset, MA 

North River Arts Society, Marshfield Hills, MA, 

which has exhibited her work. 

She is a member of Concord Art, and teaches at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts in Hopkinton, MA.

Influential teachers include Dorothy Bruce, Arno Maris, Nancy Colella and Catherine Kehoe. 

I have learned so much from her
and feel blessed to know her.   

Way to go Marsha!