- March 04, 2008
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| Work by Pat Trahanas |
GREAT BARRINGTON - Pat Trahanas will be the Housatonic Valley Art League's featured artist at the TD Banknorth branch, 271 Main St., during the month of April. The show is open to the public during regular bank hours.
Trahanas started painting in oils in the early '60s and now paints in acrylics, using a bright and colorful palette. First interested in local scenic landscapes, she is expanding her outlook to paint florals as well as landscapes from her trips to Europe. She has studied with Charles Schultz, a master in oil and pastels in Lenox, has taken lessons with Charles Reid and Jack Flynn at the Berkshire Museum.
She has exhibited at the museum and the Pittsfield Art Show and is a member of the Housatonic Valley Art League. She has had commissions and sold her work at summer art sales in oils, acrylics and pastels.
Born in Ohio, she attended high school in Germany and has lived in the Berkshires for 30 years. She has worked at the Pentagon, GE, for a lawyer and fpr the Marian Fathers and Brothers in Stockbridge.
The Housatonic Valley Art League is a nonprofit organization with nearly 200 members. Besides sponsoring the annual scholarship show for high school seniors, it holds workshops, critiques and demos by nationally renowned art educators, and juried/member art exhibits in the summer and fall. Information is available at www.hvart.org.
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