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Shirley Sheets Russell
Shirley Sheets Russell is a native of Gonzales, Louisiana and has a Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in elementary education. She taught sixth grade language arts at Gonzales Middle School until she retired recently. She is a certified LSU Writing Project teacher for Ascension Parish. Shirley visits museums, attends plays, reads a lot, likes container gardening, takes photographs, feeds the backyard birds, plays with her two cats, and now is wholeheartedly involved with watercolors and oils. She has one married daughter who currently resides in Nevada with her husband and toddler. She has taken watercolor classes with Louise Hansen, Judi Betts, and Roberta Loflin; pen-and-ink drawing with Louise Hansen; photography with Helen Haw and Donna Smith, and oil painting with Elayne Kuehler. Painting for Shirley is nourishing and serene. Her art serves to center her with the tranquility and beauty that surrounds everyone in daily life. Shirley believes that art gives expression to each person’s creativity and is delighted to have the time to devote to her new passion. Her favorite painting theme is nature that includes landscapes with birds, flowers, and small animals. Soon she will try her hand at cityscapes!
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