Award-Winning Painter At Next SCAN Meeting
Award-Winning Painter At Next SCAN Meeting
At the next meeting of The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN), Beverly Branch will offer a demonstration of working with acrylics.
The meeting â which is open to non-members, free of charge â will be on Wednesday, July 12, at 7:30 pm, at Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street.
Her subject will be figurative.
Ms Branch has received much attention with her rich in color figurative contemporary    paintings. She is influenced by Degas, Cassatt and the 19th Century muralists.
Ms Branch paints women as timeless vessels of lyrical grace. Her sun-drenched subjects are often lush and earthy, yet speak of the divine. Kids having fun are a favorite subject of the artistâs.
A resident of Bethel, Ms Branch graduated from Paier College of Art in 1973. She was the recipient of the Urban Arts Initiative Grant by Connecticut Commission for the Arts in 1999, and recently she has participated in juried shows with SCAN and Mark Twain Library in Redding.
She has completed commissioned work for Readerâs Digest Young Family book series; Thumberlina and Nightingale in 2003 and is working on Proud Little Peacock for Readerâs Digest Kids series Little Animal Adventures.
She is currently showing work in Picture This Gallery in Westport and Mulqueen in Norwalk. She received an award at Hospice of Danbury in their recent show.