Artist Information
Artist Statement
My mother once told me that I started to draw as soon as I could hold a pencil. I have no memory of that, but I do remember that during those years, art was all I thought about.
Bio
Growing up in the Appalachian hills of Southern Ohio, delighting in drawing and painting at an early age, Apple received artistic support from creative and loving parents. Awarded a scholarship to the Columbus College of Art & Design in 1964 was the first step of a life-loving journey into the creation of art.
Always seeking new ideas and experiences led Apple to France, Italy, Greece, Sweden, Mexico, Canada and the U.S.A. southwest. Over the past 40 years her work has gained international recognition being exhibited in Mexico, Canada and the U.S. A. while finding it's way into many prominent collections around the world.
Those experiences and other life changes have influenced and altered her work many times throughout her forty plus year career. She spent over nine years seeking personal answers to life, which resulted in a number of large Visionary art works titled, “Journey of the Spirit”.
Today, the technical and personal aspects of her work have merged to produce touching and whimsical images that stir the imagination and inspire the viewer to notice the little everyday moments of our life.
EDUCATION
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Academia de Roma, Rome, Italy
Ventura College, Ventura, California
Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, Ohio
SOME EXHIBITIONS
2004-6 - Blue Door Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
2003 - Gentle Winds, Columbus, Ohio
2000 – Rocks Unlimited, Columbus, Ohio
1997 - American Primitive Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1992 - Omega Center, Toronto Ontario, Canada
1989 - Columbus Museum of Art, Collectors Gallery,Columbus, Ohio
1984 - Arne Hanson Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
1983 - Robiard Gallery, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1982 - Poor Richards, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1981 - Galleria Uno, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
1980 - Galleria La Mire, New Orleans, Louisiana
1977 -WomanArt Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1975-80 - Apple Studio/Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1973 - Keny and Johnson Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1971 – Gallery 200, Columbus, Ohio
1970 - Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio
1968 -Gallery Ganymede, Columbus, Ohio
Available Art - you can view all my paintings that are available / for sale here.
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