Meet Joleen L. Arthur Schiller LWS who serves as the Corresponding Secretary on your LWS Board. Creating art, drawing and painting have been a lifelong passion for Joleen. Growing up in Detroit, Michigan, she attended youth art classes at the Cranbrook Institute of Art. Her dream was to be an artist, however practicality led her to pursue a career in art education. Joleen graduated from Concordia Teacher’s College in Seward, Nebraska. Graduate studies were at the University of Wyoming, Colorado State University, and the Cleveland Institute of Art.
Joleen taught kindergarten through eighth grade art for 30 years. She co-authored a children’s art textbook series, “Joyous Thinking, Creative Expression” for grades K-6 and was the Assistant Director for ‘New Directions In Education With The Arts’, sponsored by the Wyoming State Department of Education. She has been teaching adult drawing and watercolor classes for over 28 years.
Joleen is very proud to be a signature member of The Louisiana Watercolor Society and the Wyoming Watercolor Society. She has exhibited and won awards in shows in Ohio, Wyoming, and Louisiana.
Although Joleen enjoys painting plein-art, she is mostly a studio painter. Her work is detailed, illustrative, and impressionistically realistic. She loves almost any subject matter but especially enjoys portraits, still lifes, and florals. Watercolor with its ability to mingle colors, transparency, glazing, and fluid properties is definitely her favorite media.
