Brenda Delle
Animals and Their People, Landscape
Kenner Louisiana

Curriculum Vitae



BRENDA HEIFNER DELLE
ARTIST
CURRICULUM VITAE

Born:             May 18, 1943, Chickamauga, Georgia
Education:     B.S., University of Chattanooga, 1965
                       Business Education

Awards and Honors:
         2006     Purchase Award, Artists Guild Unlimited, Morgan City, LA 
                      Judge:  Melody Guichet, Professor of Painting and Drawing, Louisiana State University
        
         2004     Judge, High School Artistic Achievement Awards Competition, 
                      Overture to the Cultural Season,Delgado College, New Orleans, Louisiana      
                       
         2003     Honorable Mention, Artists Guild Unlimited Show, Morgan City, Louisiana   
   
         2003     Purchase Award, Artists Guild Unlimited Show, Morgan City, Louisiana, 
                      Judge:  Sara Parker, Artist, Lafayette, Louisiana
 
         2003     Honorable Mention, 40th Terrebone Fine Arts Guild Spring Art Show, 
                      Houma, Louisiana
 
         2003    Merit Award 40th Terrebone Fine Arts Guild Spring Art Show, Houma, Louisiana
                 
         2002    Featured Artist for October,  Jefferson Art Guild, Jefferson, Louisiana 
 
         2002    Best of Show, Artists Guild Unlimited Show, Morgan City, Louisiana    
        
         2002    Purchase Award,  Artists Guild Unlimited Show,  Morgan City, Louisiana
 
Professional Credits:
 
         2007    Private Figure Drawing Studies of Henry Casselli, New Orleans Museum of Art,  
                     New Orleans, Louisiana
 
         2007     Portraiture Study, Leslie B. Demille, Master Pastellist, Albuquerque, New Mexico
 
         2007     Private Study of Post Impressionism and Charcoal Drawings Based on 
                      Sculpture, Rima Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
        
         2007      Private Study of Carved and Bronze Figures, Torremolenos, Spain
 
         2007      Private Drawing Studies, Picasso Museum, Malaga, Spain
 
         2006      Figure Drawing Studies, Carol Peebles, Master of Fine Arts, University of 
                        Pennsylvania, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana
   
         2006      Advanced Figure Drawing, Auseklis Ozols, Master of Fine Arts, University of
                        Pennsylvania, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
         2005       Landscape Drawing, Doug Dawson, Pastel Society of American, Master Pastellist,
                        New Orleans, Louisiana
 
         2005        Mountain Majesty Master's Clinic,  William Arthur Herring, Cloudcroft, New 
                         Mexico
 
         2004        Figure Drawing Studies, Kaitlin Gergo, New Orleans, Academy of Fine Art, New
                         Orleans, Louisiana
 
         2004        Mountain Majesty Master's Clinic,  William Arthur Herring, Cloudcroft, New 
                         Mexico
 
        2004         Color and Design, Auseklis Ozols, Master of Fine Arts, University of
                         Pennsylvania, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
        2003         Mountain Majesty Master's Clinic,  William Arthur Herring, Cloudcroft, New 
                         Mexico
 
        2003        Special Studies, Color and Composition in Pastel, Kitty Wallis, Pastel Society of
                        America, Santa Fe, New Mexico
 
        2002        Special Studies, Color and Composition in Pastel, Sally Strand, Pastel Society of
                        American, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
        2002        Special Studies, Facial Construction in Charcoal, Dan Thompson, New Orleans,
                        Louisiana
 
        2000        Special Studies, Architectural Drawing in Pastel, Alan Flattmann, Pastel Society of
                        America, Master Pastellist, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
        2000        Special Studies, Floral Drawing and Composition in Pastel, Christina Debarry, Pastel
                        Society of America, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
        1999        Special Studies, Open Color Expressionism, William Arthur Herring, New Orleans,
                        Louisiana
 
        1999        Special Studies, Landscape in Pastel, Joyce Nagel, Pastel Society of America, New
                        Orleans, Louisiana
 
        1998        Special Studies, Landscape in Watercolor, Jeanne Dobie, American Watercolor
                        Society, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
        1996        Special Studies, Portrait Painting in Pastel and Oil, Robert Maniscalco, New Orleans,
                        Louisiana
 
        1995        Landscape Studies in Watercolor, Milford Zornes, NA, American Watercolor
                        Society, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
        1995        Special Studies, Floral Painting in Pastel, Urania Christie Tarbet, Pastel Society
                        of  America, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
        1993        Figure Drawing, Dell Weller, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans,
                        Louisiana
 
        1993        Special Studies, Portrait Drawing in Pastel, Darryl Brown, New Orleans Academy
                        of Fine Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
        1992        Special Studies, Life Drawing in Watercolor, Kathleen Trampoline,  New Orleans
                        Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
        1991        Life Drawing in Watercolor, Kathleen Trampoline,  New Orleans Academy of Fine
                        Arts, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
        1990        Life Drawing, Dell Weller, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans,
                        Louisiana
 
        1989        Life Drawing, Dell Weller, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans,
                        Louisiana
 
 
Professional Organizations:  (Elected)
 
         Degas Pastel Society, New Orleans, Louisiana,
         Metairie Art Guild, Metairie, Louisiana
         Jefferson Art Guild,  Jefferson, Louisiana
         New Orleans Art Association, New Orleans, Louisiana
 

Selected
Private
Collections:
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brennan, Seattle, Washington
 Dr. Mark Joseph, Morgantown, West Virginia
 Dr. Russell Chrisman, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Passey,  Phoenix, Arizona
 Dr. and Mrs. Louis Escalada, Kenner, Louisiana
 Dr. Eleanor Krimmerman, New Orleans, Louisiana
 Ruth Zatarain Collection, Slidell, Louisiana
 Mrs. Penny Baghoose, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
 Dr. Susan Blackwell, Metairie, Louisiana
 Mr. and Mrs. N. Folse, Destrehan, Louisiana
 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Moran, Metairie, Louisiana
 Mr. and Mrs. Craig Cross, New Orleans, Louisiana
 Mr. and Mrs. James Darragh, Slidell, Louisiana
 

Distinguished
Corporate
Collections:
 
            Sunrise Senior Living, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiaa

       
Invitations:  Selected Exhibitions
 
 2007      Three Person Show, Crescent City Brewhouse, New Orleans, Louisiana
 2007      Poydras Home Art Show, New Orleans, Louisiana
 2006      Poydras Home Art Show, New Orleans, Louisiana
 2006      Group Exhibition, Barnes & Noble, Metairie, Louisiana
 2005      CCB Group Art Show, Crescent City Brewhouse, New Orleans, Louisiana
 2004      WYES Art Auction, New Orleans, Louisiana
 2005      Poydras Home Art Show, New Orleans, Louisiana
 2001      Group Exhibition, Crescent City Brewhouse, New Orleans, Louisiana
 2003      Poydras Home Art Show, New Orleans, Louisiana
 2003      Degas Pastel Society, 14th Member  Juried Exhibition, Frank Federico, Juror, New Orleans,
               Louisiana
 2003      Solo Show, The Gallery at Millbrook, Picayune, Mississippi
 2003      Ochsner Foundation Art Walk, New Orleans, Louisiana
 2002      Group Exhibition, The Gallery at Millbrook, Picayune, Mississippi
 2001      Featured Artist, The Gallery at Millbrook, Picayune, Mississippi
 2001      Featured Artist,  First Annual Militon Festival Art Show, Donaldsonville, Louisiana
 2001      Two Person Show,  Rivertown Fine Art Gallery, Kenner, Louisiana
 2001      Degas Pastel Society, 12th Membership Exhibition, John R. Kemp, Art Critic and
               writer, Juror, New Orleans, Louisiana
 
Current Studio Address:
 
                                            653 Petit Berdot Drive
                                            Kenner, Louisiana  70065
                                            504 466-0811


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